{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Dolly Parton's greatest songs, and the stories behind them","publication_date":"August 25, 2026","summary":"Dolly Parton was more than a musician, actor, author, philanthropist, or theme-park entrepreneur. Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more. But from the very beginning, at the heart of everything she accomplished, she was a songwriter.","author_name":"By Maria Sherman, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/08\/5433e28250763c9626ba0c0a586f450b-2026-08-25T181454Z_1884424270_RC2U5NA10458_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DOLLY-PARTON-1024x651.jpg","thumbnail_height":651,"thumbnail_width":1024}