Dolly Parton will not be in attendance to celebrate her 80th birthday at the Grand Ole Opry.

Patty Loveless helped set the standard for women in country music. And she did so unabashedly, letting her Kentucky roots break free on songs like “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive.” On this day (Jan.

The 79-year-old country music icon, who turns 80 on Jan. 19, shared the news in a video message posted to the Opry’s Instagram page on Thursday (Jan. 8). In the clip, Parton explained that she will ...

Dolly Parton "wishes she could be" at her upcoming 80th birthday celebration at the Grand Old Opry.

The historic Nashville, Tenn., venue will mark Parton's special day — she turns 80 on Jan. 19 — for the fourth year in a row ...

Singer-songwriter Amy Grant has told of how she had to re-learn all her songs after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a bicycle fall three years ago. Grant (65), who is married to country star ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/ WSMV) - Dolly Parton, East Tennessee’s Queen of Country, has announced she will not be attending a ...

Parton’s absence follows months of public concern regarding her health. In October, the “Jolene” singer postponed her first ...

"Some of my favorite memories happened right here on stage at the Grand Ole Opry," the country legend says in an Instagram ...

Dolly Parton "wishes she could be" at her upcoming 80th birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry.

Alison Brown, a Hartford native who now lives in Nashville, returns to Connecticut at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts ...

Steve Young is a criminally underrated musician of the 1970s outlaw country music scene. While his work, under his name, never reached the masses, his work, under the names of others, did. Notably, ...