Kacey Musgraves Reflects on Songwriting, Success, and Swerving Out of Her Lane

KACEY MUSGRAVES Texas forever.Courtesy of the artist

In a clear example of the ever quickening passage of time, it’s been more than two years since country singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves released her album Pageant Material, the hotly anticipated follow-up to her 2013 breakthrough, Same Trailer Different Park.

This month Musgraves is joining the legendary Willie Nelson on a short West Coast run. “Any time [he] asks, I always want to play shows with him,” she says in a telephone interview from Nashville.

But otherwise, she’s keeping a relatively low profile this summer. That doesn’t mean she gets to be lazy, though: “I’m writing new songs, planning a wedding, renovating a house,” she says, her voice trailing off. “Nobody needs to worry that I don’t have enough on my plate.”