American Idol contestant Emmy Russell performed a moving tribute to her late grandmother Loretta Lynn when she sang her ...

While Russell delivered a memorable performance of the country classic, she revealed in a recent interview that she would ...

Former 'American Idol' star Emmy Russell revealed her anger over being asked to sing her grandmother Loretta Lynn's song ...

Country legend Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, Emmy Russell, didn’t necessarily want to perform her grandmother’s iconic song ...

However, Russell felt that singing her grandmother’s song “was just going to add to” claims of nepotism because of Lynn’s ...

Emmy Russell made a name for herself on American Idol last year, stepping out of her shell as the judges encouraged. But ...

Related: Emmy Russell Told Grandma Loretta Lynn She Was 'Proud' of Her Ahead of 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Performance on Idol On the podcast, she said that she felt singing “Coal Miner’s Daughter” “was ...

Country legend Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, Emmy Russell ... and the only one I knew was ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,'” Russell said of then-judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.