Eight-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves has announced her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, set to release May 1. Alongside the announcement, the singer released the first single and music video, “Dry Spell.”
Drawing from the sounds and stories that shaped her, the album’s title traces back to a literal sign in Musgraves’ tiny hometown that reads “Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere.” The phrase became both the inspiration for the title track and the emotional thread running through the album.
Written during a period of reflection following a breakup, the record finds Musgraves embracing wide-open space and classic Western textures. Pedal steel, accordion, and Texas dancehall rhythms set a nostalgic foundation that she bends in her signature way, weaving together country with touches of bluegrass, pop, and even flashes of Norteño and Zydeco. The result is a sonic love letter to the wide musical borders of country.
Middle of Nowhere also brings in an impressive group of collaborators, including Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings, and Gregory Alan Isakov, adding even more depth to its rootsy, genre-blurring spirit. Musgraves shares more about the album:
“I became fascinated with the concept of liminal space, both geographical and emotional. We don’t linger in these transitional, empty spaces long enough and rush to define where or whatever is next. I became so at ease with being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ in many senses and sitting in the un-comfort of the undefined. I had a lot of time for creative ambling and leaning into myself in different ways; horses, humor, writing with my early collaborators again, and living out my very simple, inspired life between Texas, Tennessee, and Mexico.
Middle of Nowhere Track List:
1. Middle of Nowhere
2. Dry Spell
3. Back on the Wagon
4. I Believe in Ghosts
5. Abilene
6. Coyote (feat. Gregory Alan Isakov)
7. Loneliest Girl
8. Everybody Wants To Be a Cowboy (feat. Billy Strings)
9. Horses and Divorces (feat. Miranda Lambert)
10. Uncertain, Texas (feat. Willie Nelson)
11. Rhinestoned
12. Mexico Honey
13. Hell on Me
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