At her Madison Square Garden concert, Kacey Musgraves conceded her 'Star-Crossed' album was 'f---ing depressing' but made it the centerpiece of 90 minutes of high times, nonetheless
A decade after she had to convince her label that her choice of a first single wasn’t far too depressing and slow — and despite a baffling, ongoing lack of support from radio since —has become a superstar capable of selling out arenas by simply being her sweet, weird and quirky self.
Musgraves’ fourth and latest album, “Star-Crossed,” is a musical journey through her marriage to and eventual divorce from fellow musician Ruston Kelly. On record, this triptych is artfully rendered and articulated, but should probably come with a warning label for those with wounded hearts.
Following the “Star-Crossed” ear-worm “Breadwinner,” a block of four songs from 2018’s Grammy album of the year “Golden Hour” heightened the energy, culminating in a big, electric guitar finish on the modern-day disco jam “High Horse.” “The energy in here is amazing,” Musgraves said afterwards. She jokingly introduced the acoustic “Hookup Scene” as a “traditional gospel song about hooking up” and quizzed the crowd, “Who right now is in their ‘ho’ phase? We’re gonna get on Grindr to make sure.
As an outspoken Texan female raised on country music but held at arm’s length by some elements of the country establishment, Musgraves in many ways recalls Dolly Parton in her dogged dedication to telling it like it is and her willingness to experiment with both genre and storytelling techniques.
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