Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves — wandering East Texas wordsmith,  cosmic country storyteller, and known genre-bender has always been a small-town girl with a thirst for the larger world. Her songs carry a wide-eyed glow, but her observations on the human condition offer an incisiveness that is staggering.
 

Middle of Nowhere, the sixth album from the eight-time Grammy winner, including the prestigious overall Album of the Year for Golden Hour, exhales with a dust-blown clarity and ease that feels both evocative and calming. In a fraught world, this record invites listeners to embrace what is, laugh about what isn’t, and move forward more realized. Chill, whole, free.

“I started this record while still in the throes of Deeper Well after going through a pretty ridiculous breakup,” says the truth-teller and self-proclaimed serial monogamist. “The bulk of the record was made during the longest single period of my life and I found that for the first time, it actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space not defined by anyone else. I needed that period to really understand that I really don’t need someone to be happy. I became fascinated with the concept of liminal spaces, both geographical and emotional. We don’t linger in these spaces long enough. We rush to define where or whatever is next. I had a lot of time for reflection, clearing, and leaning into my roots in different ways. Horses. My home in Texas. And heartbreak-soothing traditional Country music brought me comfort when I was sad.”