Dolly Parton is putting down the pen and closing the songbook for a while, due to the passing of her husband, Carl Dean. The ...

Nodding and bouncing to beats behind the Arlington Hills library on a recent summer evening, a dozen young local musicians ...

The country music icon told Khloe Kardashian that she is taking a backseat from writing following her husband's death March 3 ...

Months after the death of her husband, Carl Dean, Dolly Parton is taking a break from songwriting. Parton spoke about the ...

"Mac reminded me of how instinctive songwriting should be,” said Coyle Girelli, who revisits songs he wrote with the legend ...

Parton's husband of 59 years died three months ago and the country music icon is still working through her grief.

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