The most dramatic claim in this Carrie Underwood story isn\u2019t about her dress. A sweeping account of her bond with Dolly Parton mixes cherished performances with a supposed farewell and sharply divided reactions to her appearance. But before the tears and photographs become another heartbreaking headline, one crucial part of the narrative needs something more than an emotional cap\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carrie Underwood\u2019s admiration for Dolly Parton has produced memorable moments onstage. At the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors, Underwood performed \u201cIslands in the Stream\u201d with Kenny Rogers as Parton enthusiastically applauded. Three years later, the women sang \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d together on Underwood\u2019s holiday special. Their shared appearances continued, including cohosting the 2019 CMA Awards with Reba McEntire\u2014a celebration filled with music, humor, and appreciation for women who helped shape country music.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The most dramatic claim in this Carrie Underwood story isn\u2019t about her dress. A sweeping account of her bond with Dolly Parton mixes cherished performances with a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17008,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17007\/revisions\/17008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykmedia.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}