![]() ![]() Though Musgraves' roots are undeniably country, her versatile approach to music allows her to break conventions in what is often viewed as a traditional genre. "It's a blend of being inspired by super-traditional country roots and then all these other kinds of music: Cake, Weezer, Electric Light Orchestra, the Beatles, Glen Campbell. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music, and for people who don't," she explained in an Entertainment Weekly interview shortly after her first album release. "Undeniably, I'm a country singer, I'm a country songwriter. Musgraves grew up in Golden, Texas - a town of just 200 people - and through the open-mindedness of her music, she grew out of it. It comes after Musgraves' Same Trailer Different Park (2013) and Pageant Material (2015), which each spin stories of small-town life, its challenges, and her favored smoky forms of escapism. The album blossoms with such radiance that it's difficult to believe that it's Musgraves' first album about love. Later, the singer accepts distance from a lover in the cinematic "Space Cowboy," and she watches precious time slip away in her one-minute heart wrenching ballad "Mother." ![]() Musgraves finds self-love in isolation on "Lonely Weekend," a song that feels like a shrug with a sad smile. In theme with its apt springtime to summer ambiance, Golden Hour magnificently captures the seasonality of love, romantic or not. The grand album offers 46 minutes of sunlight before fading into the horizon. Buzzy with pink-orange comfort, its cohesion is satisfying and enveloping, from the affectionate nostalgia of "Slow Burn" to the soft solace of "Rainbow."īut what makes Musgraves' Golden Hour so monumental is its pure acceptance of love's ephemerality - and ironically, this embrace of fleetingness is what makes the album beautifully timeless. ) A free-falling, saccharine infatuation colors the album's prismatic perimeter, and it's tinged with a distinct warmth that crawls over your skin and fills your heart. ("It was nice to know that you didn't have to suffer to create good art," she said in a 2021 interview with The Guardian. This rush of falling in love saturates Golden Hour. "Songs just immediately started pouring out." "I had just cleared my schedule to get back to writing when I went to that show and I met him," Musgraves said in an interview. Her inspiration for Golden Hour came to light upon meeting Ruston Kelly, her now ex-husband (more on that later), when he played a set at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in 2016. ![]() Nile Rodgers Talks Abbey Road, Superstar Collabs At Coachella Here is looking forward to more history-making recordings ahead! Nashville's Berry Hill recording complex has so much history that it even has Memphis music history - House of Blues had moved the facility's Studio D to the location in 2009 from its previous existence as House of Blues Memphis. ![]() Other studios in UMG's growing collection include London's legendary Abbey Road Studios, Los Angeles' Capitol Studios and Sydney, Australia's Forbes Street Studios. GRAMMY-nominated albums recorded at the facility include Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell's The Traveling Kind, Keb' Mo's The Reflection, Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour, and Robert Plant's Band Of Joy. Originally known as East Iris Studio, House of Blues acquired it in 2009. "We will have more details to share about our exciting plans for the studio in the near future." "UMG has acquired the House of Blues Studios in Berry Hill with the intention to modernize the space, while remaining respectful of its legendary and iconic status in Nashville's music scene," a UMG spokesman told the Tennessean. A world-class facility, Kesha recorded her GRAMMY-nominated Rainbow there, and Alison Krauss & Union Station recorded their Paper Airplane there too, winner of Best Bluegrass Album at the 54th GRAMMY Awards. A neighboring structure was purchased at the same time to augment the complex of eight buildings and five recording studios on East Iris Drive. Last week, reporting revealed that Universal Music Group bought the Nashville House of Blues recording studios in Berry Hill for $4.3 million in Nov. ![]()
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