Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves

• 1 Slow Burn 04:07
• 2 Lonely Weekend 03:46
• 3 Butterflies 03:40
• 4 Oh, What A World 04:01
• 5 Mother 01:18
• 6 Love Is A Wild Thing 04:16
• 7 Space Cowboy 03:37
• 8 Happy & Sad 04:03
• 9 Velvet Elvis 02:34
• 10 Wonder Woman 04:01
• 11 High Horse 03:33
• 12 Golden Hour 03:17
• 13 Rainbow 03:35
• Total Runtime 45:48

Info for Golden Hour

"Golden Hour" ist das vierte Studio-Album von Grammy-Gewinnerin Kacey Musgraves. Die 13 Songs zeigen die texanische Künstlerin vielfältiger und persönlicher denn je.

Eine "Goldene Stunde"? Zur jetzigen Zeit? "Ich war immer ein Beobachter und Kommentator der Gesellschaft", sagt die 29-jährige Ausnahmekünstlerin. Stimmt. In ihren Songs hat Kacey Musgraves nie ein Blatt vor den Mund genommen, wenn es um Ungerechtigkeiten ging; um Intoleranz, um Diskriminierung von Randgruppen und Minderheiten, um Rassenbarrieren. Wer nicht mit dem Strom schwimmen mochte, fand in der aufgeschlossenen Texanerin nicht selten eine Schwester im Geiste. Damit hat sie sich beileibe nicht nur Freunde gemacht. Im Gegenteil.

So avancierte Kacey Musgraves in den letzten fünf Jahren nicht nur zu einer wohlklingenden und dazu gehaltvollen Stimme des Folk-Pop und Country-Rock. Sie wurde mit Songs wie »Follow Your Arrow« auch zu einem Sprachrohr aufgeklärter Musikfans.

Kacey Musgraves, vocals

Kacey Musgraves
There are different masks we all wear that represent different sides of ourselves. None are solely us on their own and yet they all are. There’s the lonely girl – the blissful girl – the new wife – the daughter missing her mother – the hopeful girl – the selfish girl – the sarcastic, hair-sprayed, rhinestoned Texan – the shy girl, the life of the party – the winner and the loser… They are all characters on this record. None of them alone are me, and yet they all are. The golden hour is when all the masks come together as one and you can see, in perfect light, the whole picture of me.

In early 2016, when Kacey Musgraves finally set some time aside to start writing again, she was in a confused place. When she broke through in 2013 with Same Trailer, Different Park she was instantly recognized as one of music’s most original new voices in years; she was named “New Artist of the Year” by the Country Music Association and awarded both Best Country Song and Best Country Album at the Grammys, as well as an Academy of Country Music trophy for Best Album. Her 2015 follow-up, Pageant Material, also reached Number One on the charts, and received another batch of accolades and award nominations.

But now she was frustrated, unsure which road she wanted to take…what she wanted to say or how she wanted it to sound. And then, just as soon as she got off the road, slowed down, and began to re-focus on simply enjoying being creative again, she met singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly—who has since become her husband.

“Almost immediately, I could feel a metamorphosis happening,” Musgraves says. “I was feeling genuinely happy for the first time in a long time, and it started pouring out in ideas and songs. I had never really written a ‘love song’ and felt sincere about it. Now for the first time, I had that perspective, and it didn’t feel cheesy or contrived.”

The journey that she took is chronicled in Golden Hour, her third album (in addition to 2016’s acclaimed A Very Kacey Christmas, a Top Ten hit on the Holiday charts). It marks a more personal, emotional chapter for a songwriter who has been celebrated for her piercing observations and finely-hewn storytelling.

“I had a different mindset this time, which was feeling rather than thinking—leading heart first, rather than brain first,” she says. “I’ve always been known for my turns of phrase, for being clever, but you can wear that out at a certain point, so what other side am I inspired to show?

“It’s a little scary, because I don’t want my music to come across any less biting or smart. But I think there’s another strength that comes from leaving more up to the listener and painting with other colors—not being so linear all the time.”

With Golden Hour, one of pop music’s greatest young talents takes a powerful step, broadening her range, expanding her canvas, creating new possibilities. “I’ve always been a commentator on society and the human race,” says Kacey Musgraves. “With what’s going on politically and socially, it’s a really scary time, and it could be easy to focus on the negative aspects and lean too hard on the things we all want to see change. But it was also important to me to inject some hope, love, and color with this music. My life right now has allowed me to see the magic in the world.”

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