{"id":75907,"date":"2026-10-27T18:36:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/world-series-game-3-national-anthem-performance-carly-pearce-nails-it\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:36:45","slug":"world-series-game-3-national-anthem-performance-carly-pearce-nails-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/world-series-game-3-national-anthem-performance-carly-pearce-nails-it\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series Game 3 National Anthem Performance: Carly Pearce Nails It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Milwaukee Brewers continued their winning streak on Monday night at Game 3 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/world-series\/\" id=\"auto-tag_world-series\" data-tag=\"world-series\">World Series<\/a>, taking down the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1. But it was country singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/carly-pearce\/\" id=\"auto-tag_carly-pearce\" data-tag=\"carly-pearce\">Carly Pearce<\/a> who threw a curveball, with a version of the National Anthem that\u2019s going viral \u2014 and surprising some with her powerful, pitch-perfect performance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tClad in a team-neutral plain baseball tee, Peace offered a traditionally arranged take on the notoriously difficult song, hitting the biggest notes with her delicate Kentucky twang.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carly Pearce performs the national anthem ahead of World Series Game 3! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OU21xptMfDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPearce isn\u2019t exactly a sleeper star: she\u2019s won a Grammy, had a Number One song on country radio with 2017\u2019s \u201cEvery Little Thing,\u201d and is currently a battle advisor for Team <a data-id=\"1235266943\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/riley-green-nsfw-music-video-worst-way-1235266943\/\">Riley Green<\/a> on <em>The Voice<\/em>. But she is underappreciated as a vocalist, especially beyond the confines of Nashville\u2019s Music Row. With bluegrass roots and chops honed as a performer at Dollywood, Pearce can tackle everything from a country power ballad to a frisky, twangy kiss-off (\u201cYou Can Have Him,\u201d from her newest album <em>Honest Woman<\/em>, fits that bill perfectly). And <em>Honest Woman, <\/em>with songs about how we define success, midlife letdowns, and finding an inclusive faith on \u201cChurch Girl,\u201d is easily one of the best, most underrated records the genre had to offer in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this year, Pearce visited the <em>Nashville Now<\/em> studio to discuss some of the blowback to \u201cChurch Girl,\u201d where listeners were questioning how a Christian woman could sing lyrics like \u201cif God is who He says He is, then I don\u2019t think you\u2019re cursed girl \/ Just \u2018cause you like to get high when you talk to Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m thinking about the 15-year-old boy in school that maybe is questioning his sexuality and he feels like he can\u2019t be himself,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/carly-pearce-church-girl-song-controversy-1235522044\/\">told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m singing this song for somebody who maybe has sexual purity trauma \u2014\u00a0I did \u2014 where you\u2019re told, \u2018No, that\u2019s bad when you\u2019re a child.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHopefully her World Series performance will help expose more fans to Pearce\u2019s stellar vocals and storytelling, especially since the fickle nature of country music means only a few women get to sit in the spotlight at a time. Friend <a data-id=\"1235140890\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/kelsea-ballerini-patterns-review-1235140890\/\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a> certainly thinks so: She was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@monsterstargaga\/video\/7699729734317444365?refer=player_v1&amp;referer_video_id=7699729734317444365&amp;referrer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Fplayer%2Fv1%2F7699729734317444365%3Flang%3Den-US%26referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fbackstagecountry.com%252F2026%252F10%252F26%252Fkelsea-ballerini-crashes-carly-pearce-tour-finale%252F%26embed_from%3Dembed_video%26autoplay%3D1%26muted%3D1%26music_info%3D1%26description%3D1%26ab_version%3Dv1&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_source=unknown\">a surprise guest<\/a> at Pearce\u2019s tour finale on Oct. 22 in New York, whom Pearce described as \u201cher sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tUnfortunately, most performances of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner,\u201d especially those involving women, go viral for all the wrong reasons. In Pearce\u2019s case, it was a grand slam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/world-series-game-3-national-anthem-carly-pearce-1235648569\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milwaukee Brewers continued their winning streak on Monday night at Game 3 of the World Series, taking down the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":75908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}