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U.S. singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. ( SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrie Underwood's awkward a cappella

Nardos Haile
Beyonce Knowles and Dolly Parton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beyoncé and Dolly Parton join forces

Nardos Haile
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California (John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

How "Fast Car" travels our divides

Melanie McFarland
"Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed" (HBO)

Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires partnership

Alison Stine
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American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in front of a Christmas Tree circa 1992 in Lake Tahoe, California. (Ron Davis/Getty Images)

Dolly Parton, our magical Christmas mama

Alison Stine
Loretta Lynn performing during the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 11, 2011 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Erika Goldring/WireImage/Getty Images)

Loretta Lynn helped me love home

Alison Stine
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Poll: Majority GOP support for a coup

Jon Skolnik
(Instagram/lilnasx)

Riding "Old Town Road" through Nashville

Rachel Leah
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(Getty/Darren Hauck)

Cutting corners on election security

Kate Rabinowitz - ProPublica

30 must-read music books of Fall 2017

Annie Zaleski
Kesha; Dolly Parton; Miley Cyrus (Getty/Christopher Polk/Robyn Beck/Rob Foldy)

What we owe Dolly Parton

Annie Zaleski
Jay-Z (Getty/Jamie McCarthy)

We are now a hip-hop nation

Taylor Link
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Tift Merritt (Alexandra Valenti)

The ballad of Tift Merritt

Scott Timberg

The Weekly Feed
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Nikada#14848fa6'>Nikada</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Shows can be unsafe for women

Amy McCarthy
Sturgill Simpson (crackerfarm)

The Radiohead of country music

Marissa R. Moss
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Lyle Lovett (AP/Jim Cooper)

Noah Berlatsky
Emmylou Harris (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Noah Berlatsky
Thomas Friedman (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Elites' mega-nation dream

Matt Stoller
(Reuters/Mike Blake)

2013 Grammy Awards liveblog

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Salon Staff
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