Lauren Daigle Will Sing ‘America the Beautiful’ Before Super Bowl LIX

Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle @ The Novo 05/11/2023 shot for Pass The Aux (passtheaux.co). Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Daigle’s friend and fellow Super Bowl performer Jon Batiste played melodica on “Saint Ferdinand,” a song from Daigle’s self-titled album. Batiste, a Grammy Award-winner who was raised Catholic, has described music as a “spiritual practice” for him.

Last year, Daigle headlined the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, an event she attended while growing up. “It shaped me musically,” she said. “It taught me what I love about my culture [and] how to celebrate other cultures.”

In January 2020, the multi-platinum artist sang the national anthem at the College Football Playoff National Championship in New Orleans.

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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