Pageant Material
From its opening notes, Kacey Musgraves' Pageant Material sounds like a sigh of relief. Her major-label debut, 2013's Same Trailer Different Park, positioned her as something akin to the country Kendrick Lamar, and her ascendance does feel corrective at a time when bro-country's red cup runneth over with EDM's structural dynamics, NRA talking points, and "rapping."
At just 26, Kacey Musgraves is already one of the most important names in country music. With influences including everyone from Willie Nelson to Dolly Parton to Miranda Lambert, Musgraves has made a name for herself crafting both pop-tinged country rockers like her latest single, “Biscuits,” while still maintaining…
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