News Summary

• Kacey Musgraves’s seventh album, Middle of Nowhere, is a subtle redirection, a sequel to the stories about growing up in Texas that populated her 2010s work.
• The album is really about releasing yearning and resentment.
• The libidinous lead single, “Dry Spell,” all howling blue guitar notes and not-so-thinly-veiled dick jokes, rewards their effort with the artist's first solo country-airplay chart hit of the decade.