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- Summary: The latest full-length release from singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves features guest appearances by Gregory Alan Isakov, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings, and Willie Nelson.
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- Record Label: Lost Highway
- Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock
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- Apr 30, 2026Yet another career-best offering. .... Her voice is clear, pure and precise – delivered over deftly picked acoustic and swooning slide guitars – making each truth all the more devastating. Middle of Nowhere isn’t Musgraves at an impasse. No, she’s exactly where she needs to be.
- May 1, 2026That’s the trick of Middle of Nowhere: it never rushes to define what comes next. Instead, Musgraves lingers in the in-between, finding humor, heartbreak and a surprising amount of peace along the way.
- UncutApr 30, 2026Line for line it's her best and funniest album in a decade. [Jun 2026, p.33]
- Apr 30, 2026If Musgraves seemed slightly adrift in the years since 2018’s Golden Hour, Middle of Nowhere marks a true homecoming.
- May 1, 2026The album’s only real misfire, the half-rapped profession of lust “Mexico Honey,” is an indicator that the “dry spell” announced toward the beginning of the album is over. But creatively, “Middle of Nowhere” is anything but a dry spell; this is her true return to a deeper well.
- Apr 30, 2026She knows exactly what she’s doing here – instead of simply incorporating other musical elements within country, Musgraves is inverting the process – she’s incorporating country music elements within other musical forms, often searching the best balance between the two.
- May 1, 2026Sometimes staid and sometimes stirring, Middle of Nowhere finds her at a creative crossroads, in the middle of the road.
