Country music’s MAGA-coded dry spell finally snapped last week with the release of eight-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves’ sixth studio album, “Middle of Nowhere.” An outspoken progressive...

I was brought to the top of the sky after listening to Megan Moroney’s third album, “Cloud Nine,” which dropped on Feb. 20. Her lyrical wisdom, humor and vulnerability shone through on every track. The...

Country music gets a bad rap. To many, it’s just beer, trucks, trailers and trash with a healthy dose of female degradation. The lyrics can be simple at their best and incoherent and insulting at their...

On Sunday, I went to the Barnes & Noble in League City, Texas for the first time in six months. Aside from an expanded science-fiction section, the store was exactly as I remembered it: the nonfiction...

A&E Kacey Musgraves returns vulnerable and honest with her fifth studio album, “star-crossed.” Musgraves’ latest effort details the breakdown of her marriage to fellow country singer...