Brandi Carlile and Milwaukee’s Sista Strings Deliver Stunning Super Bowl performance

Grammy – winning artist Brandi Carlile took the field before kickoff at the Superbowl LX to perform “America the Beautiful,” and was joined by two talented musicians from Milwaukee known as SistaStrings.

Sisters Chauntee and Monique Ross received the life-changing call about two months ago that they would perform before billions of viewers worldwide at the Super Bowl on Sunday, Febuary 8, 2026.
“You know, thankfully, we ran it a lot a couple days ago at rehearsal, so we got really comfortable being on the field, playing it over and over again, getting the shakes out of the way. I got excited to play. Let’s do it five more times,” Chauntee said.

Monique agreed the moment passed quickly.

“Yeah, it went by way too fast,” Monique said.

For Carlile, performing on such a massive stage brought overwhelming emotions.
“It was really overwhelming. We were overwhelmed with gratitude. We were all really emotional. It was hard at times to hold it together. It felt important in some way to be representing marginalized people in our individual way. Absolutely,” Carlile said.

The performance showcased the power of collaboration between established and emerging artists on one of the world’s biggest stages.