USA Today Music — Also new this week: Gillian Welch releases her first album in eight years, and Taking Back Sunday reunites. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In case you were wondering, Dolly Parton did not throw her lot in with Harold Camping, the Oakland-based radio personality who famously predicted that Judgment Day would take place last month. “Nobody knows when the end is coming, but some... more info

Guardian Music — Not everyone takes Dolly Parton seriously. But her music and her social conscience mark her outDolly Parton could never be accused of taking herself too seriously: if she had failed as a country singer she would have made a decent comedienne. Say wha... more info

NME — Michael and Emily open the farmhouse doors ahead of the festival more info

NME — Country legend releases 'Better Day' in August more info

E! Online — We'll get to what Kristin Chenoweth just told us about dating and dueting with Dolly Parton in a sec, but first we gotta tell you what the single songstress just told us about starting a... more info

USA Today Music — From Dolly Parton to American Idol's Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina, country music present and future unfolded this weekend. more info

Guardian Music — Four things we learned about Arctic MonkeysWhat their new album, Suck It and See, sounds likeWhat Alexis Petridis thinks the new album sounds like What Arctic Monkeys think their new album sounds likeWhat Americans consider to be an album title too s... more info

Guardian Music — When Ghanaian-born Rhian Benson went from stockbroker to singer, she learned how open her native country was to changeWhen soul singer Rhian Benson tells me that Africa's projected GDP is expected to grow by 5.75% in 2011, it is clear she is far from... more info

ContactMusic — Dolly Parton loves cooking chicken and dumplings. The 65-year-old singer - who has been married to husband Carl Dean for 45 years - loves being at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, where she can be a "housewife" and cook up feasts. She said "I... more info