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Garth Brooks performing at the inauguration. From Lady Gagaâs defiant national anthem rendition to John Legendâs stirring cover of Nina Simoneâs âFeeling Goodâ to Jennifer Lopezâs mid-song Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish, President Joe Bidenâs inauguration day was packed with powerhouse musical moments. The first two verses of Garth Brooksâs âAmazing Graceâ were not one of them, but it doesnât matter. It doesnât matter that Brooks offered musical phrases shorter than the life expectancy of a Trump appointee. It doesnât matter that he forgot to hold a pitch altogether on the crucial lyric âGodâs praise,â perhaps because he was distracted by hat-based choreography. It doesnât matter that his (shall we say bold) choice to perform a cappella turned the microphone into a microscope, enlarging each of these mistakes by several orders of magnitude. ....
Copy Link Drag theater artist Taylor Mac performs Amazing Grace as part of the epic cabaret show, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. The song took on a new meaning for Mac during the Trump presidency. (Courtesy Sarah Walker) In his inauguration speech on Wednesday, President Biden called for bringing unity to a deeply hurt and divided country. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, Biden said. And unity is the path forward. Amazing Grace means something helped us: It was grace that brought us safe thus far, and Grace will lead us on. Margaret Pleasant Douroux, gospel music composer ....
The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Covid-19, mass unemployment, police violence, a burning planet, and a defeated president refusing to concede made 2020 the year Americans couldn’t wait to end. Yet 2020 also saw a heroic pandemic response by frontline workers, mass protests against systemic racism, and a growing recognition of the necessity for big agendas: cash payments to the unemployed, Medicare for All, and a Green New Deal. The most valuable progressives of 2020 kept hope alive with activism, ideas, and music to inspire transformational change in 2021.1 ....
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