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Miranda Lambert: Country Music’s Newest ‘Hat Act’

Since Miranda Lambert released her The Marfa Tapes album, she’s been donning a cowboy hat during several of her shows and at recent award shows. It’s like she is becoming…

Miranda Lambert: Country Music's Newest 'Hat Act'
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Since Miranda Lambert released her The Marfa Tapes album, she's been donning a cowboy hat during several of her shows and at recent award shows. It's like she is becoming country music's latest "hat act."

This morning (7/20), Miranda has been meeting with a new hat company, and it is taking her new look to the next level.

She posted a picture of herself in a new hat on Twitter, "When you can’t decide which hat, you take them all home! Spent the most awesome morning w/ my new friend @standardhatwork getting me some badass hats. Think I found my new stage vibe! Thanks for making my cowgirl dreams come true #allhatnocattle (@wadebowen thx for the intro)."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.