Wynonna Judd, Carly Pearce Sing Naomi Judd Tribute

A shock tribute. As nation singer Carly Pearce took the stage at Nashville’s annual CMA Fest, she enlisted Wynonna Judd to sing an surprising duet to honor the legacy of the late Naomi Judd.

“CMA Fest, we misplaced one in all our absolute pillars in nation music earlier this 12 months: Miss Naomi Judd,” the “Each Little Factor” songstress, 32, advised the gang on Saturday, June 11, per The Tennesseean. “As a lady rising up in Kentucky, I idolized the Judds and needed to be like them. My first live performance was to see Wynonna. And I’ve all the time cherished the entire music that The Judds made and really feel like it’s such a illustration of the most effective in nation music. So, CMA Fest, please welcome, Wynonna Judd.”

Wynonna, 57, then joined her fellow country singer on stage to belt out The Judds’ “Why Not Me” for the sold-out crowd.

“I really like @carlypearce and Carly loves me. The top. #carryingthetorch #proud,” Wynonna, who’s one-half of The Judds musical duo, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, after the live performance concluded.

Pearce, for her half, was equally smitten by the duo’s musical collaboration. She wrote by way of her personal Instagram: “Seeds of a dream. What a magical night time at #CMAFest with one in all my musical heroes. I really like you, Wynonna 💗.”

Wynonna — who began making music with her mother in 1983 — and Pearce’s tribute comes nearly two months after Naomi died at the age of 76.

“Right now, we sisters skilled a tragedy. We misplaced our lovely mom to the illness of psychological sickness,” Wynonna and her sister, Ashley Judd, wrote in a joint Twitter statement on April 30. “We’re shattered. We’re navigating profound grief and know that as we cherished her, she was cherished by her public. We’re in unknown territory.”

The Judd sisters later confirmed the late Grammy winner had died by suicide, after beforehand revealing she struggled with mental illness.

“The ache of shedding Mother on 4/30 to suicide is so nice, that I typically really feel like I’m not ever going to have the ability to totally settle for and give up to the reality that she left the way in which she did,” Wynonna wrote via Instagram last month. “This can’t be how The Judds’ story ends.”

She continued in her emotional submit: “I really feel so helpless — proper now particularly. I DO know, that as corny because it sounds, ‘Love Can Construct A Bridge.’ I discover myself buzzing the track that Mother wrote for the followers, to myself right here on the farm at night time. I actually DO know, that I’m not in a position to do that grieving factor all on my own and that it’s okay to achieve out for assist. I’ll proceed to battle for my religion, for my SELF, for my household, and I WILL proceed to indicate up & sing.”

When you or somebody you realize is in emotional misery or contemplating suicide, name the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).