Kacey Musgraves has reminded those willing to brave the vulnerability that comes with “living and learning” of the importance of knowing one’s roots. The American country singer and Grammy Award winner released “Deeper Well” March 15 as her fifth studio album. The album features 14 tracks, each with artistic lyricism and homey music in the style of country folk and soft rock.

“Deeper Well” being her most recent work has accurately illustrated the reality of rediscovering oneself after losing the possibility of a life they had previously believed was promised. The album kicks off with “Cardinal” a folksy and Fleetwood Mac-esque approach to discussing the experience of receiving possible signs from the world beyond in the form of a cardinal bird.

She writes, “Cardinal / are you bringing me a message from the other side / cardinal / are you tellin’ me I’m on somebody’s mind? / don’t leave me behind.” She describes the battle between this universe and an “other side,” despite it never being clearly defined. ”

“The shape of his heart / and my shoes by his door / he loves me in all of the ways that I never felt love before / things I would miss / from the other side,” she writes. She begins to list the simple and mundane things in her life she would miss if she were to cross the metaphorical bridge.

Musgraves began her music career in the early 2000’s but reached established stardom in 2018 after the release of her Grammy Award winning Album of the Year, “Golden Hour.” In 2020, she divorced American singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly whom she had . This sparked the creation of her preceding album “Star-Crossed” in 2021 which highlighted the ups and downs of marriage and revealed what had gone on behind closed doors. Read more