SPILL NEW MUSIC: KACEY MUSGRAVES ANNOUNCES SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘MIDDLE OF NOWHERE’ SET FOR RELEASE MAY 1 | FIRST SINGLE “DRY SPELL” OUT NOW

KACEY MUSGRAVES ANNOUNCES SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM MIDDLE OF NOWHERE SET FOR RELEASE MAY 1 | FIRST SINGLE “DRY SPELL” OUT NOW

INTERSCOPE/LOST HIGHWAY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

Eight time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, Kacey Musgraves announces her new album, Middle of Nowhere, arriving May 1st, 2026 (Lost Highway).  Alongside the announcement, Musgraves released the album’s first single, “Dry Spell”. Boldly hilarious and self-aware, the track blazes with sharp wit while delivering tight turns of phrase.

Middle of Nowhere is Musgraves’ sixth studio album, produced by Kacey alongside longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, exhales with a dust-blown clarity that feels both evocative and sure. The album draws from the sounds, stories, and sensibilities that shaped the Texas native. A literal sign in Musgraves’ tiny, unincorporated, no-stoplight hometown of Golden, Texas, population under 300, that reads “Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere” sparked the idea for the title track and symbolic throughline of the album, speaking to something deeper and more nuanced.

Written during a period of reflection and post-breakup clarity, this collection of songs finds Musgraves leaning intentionally into open space and traditional western elements. Pedal steel, accordion, and Texas dancehall rhythms provide a nostalgic framework that she flips on its head in signature fashion. It is a sonic love letter to the musical borders of Country, echoing influence from adjacent genres such as bluegrass, pop, and even bits of Norteño and Zydeco.

Middle of Nowhere feels both fresh, familiar, and classically Kacey. Honest, fearless, immersive, and always ready to wink at life’s twists, turns, and even troubles.

Over the course of her career, Musgraves has earned eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Golden Hour. She has been recognized by Time as one of its “Women of the Year”, honored with the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards, celebrated by Billboard’s “Women in Music” and Variety’s “Power of Women”, the recipient of the Songwriter Icon Award by the National Music Publishers’ Association, and was the subject of a comprehensive Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit, Kacey Musgraves: All of the Colors.

Kacey Musgraves
Middle Of Nowhere
(Interscope/Lost Highway/Universal Music Canada)
Release Date: May 1, 2026

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