Alison Krauss and Union Station perform at a White House event celebrating country music July 21.
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The president and first lady (sporting a new haircut) listen.
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“Now, I know folks think I’m a city boy,” Obama said with just a hint of a country drawl, according to the pool report. “But I do enjoy listening to country music because, like all Americans I appreciate the broad and indelible impact that country has had on our nation.”
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Malia and Barack Obama.
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Brad Paisley listens during a country music workshop at the White House with more than 100 music students.
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Krauss speaks at the workshop, which focused on songwriting and the different kinds of country music, including honky tonk and bluegrass.
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Sal La Rosa, an elementary school student from Tennessee, sings a song he wrote.
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Krauss with Dan Tyminski.
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