94-559: Deeper Well is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves . It was released on March 15, 2024, through MCA Nashville and Interscope Records . The album was preceded by the release of two singles: the title track and "Too Good to Be True". To support Deeper Well , Musgraves embarked on the Deeper Well World Tour in April 2024. Commercially, the album became her best project in terms of sales in
188-656: A Billboard interview, Musgraves said that she is a Dolly Parton fan, saying "Beauty, sex appeal, brains, wit, humor, beautiful songwriting, meaningful songwriting, no apologies for who she is, LGBTQ advocate long before it was even a thing or trendy or whatever... She's fearless and I admire her spirit a lot and she's very kind. She's very present when you're talking to her and I just really love her so much." Noncountry artists whom Musgraves has mentioned as influences include Cher , Selena , Ryan Adams , Cake , Neil Young , Weezer , Imogen Heap , Bee Gees , Sade , and Electric Light Orchestra . Critics have said Musgraves
282-473: A 66th Annual Grammy Awards commercial titled "My Saturn Has Returned". The eponymous lead single was released with an accompanying music video alongside the album announcement days later on February 8. Inspiration for the song came through change in feelings and sentiments that might be off-putting at first but equips one with "new insight and deeper love somewhere else". It was followed by the second single, "Too Good to Be True", on February 29. The music video of
376-629: A broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards . The Independent won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. Launched in 1986, the first issue of The Independent
470-467: A "proudly liberal newspaper". The paper has highlighted what it refers to as war crimes being committed by pro-government forces in the Darfur region of Sudan. The paper has been a strong supporter of electoral reform . In 1997, The Independent on Sunday launched a campaign for the decriminalisation of cannabis. Ten years later, it reversed itself, arguing that skunk, the cannabis strain "smoked by
564-514: A "viewspaper", saying it "was started as an antidote to the idea of journalism as views not news. That was why it was called the Independent. Today it is avowedly a viewspaper not merely a newspaper". The Independent criticised Blair's comments the following day; it later changed format to include a "Viewspaper" insert in the centre of the regular newspaper, designed to feature most of the opinion columns and arts reviews. A leader published on
658-583: A Christmas-themed album, A Very Kacey Christmas (2016). Her fourth studio album Golden Hour (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and won all four of its nominated Grammy Award categories, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. The album's first two singles, " Space Cowboy " and " Butterflies ", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance , respectively. Musgraves' fifth studio album, Star-Crossed (2021), became her fourth top-ten album on
752-416: A bloodless, value-free news-sheet. We have always been committed to social justice", but the paper recognised that it was up the readers to "make up [their] own mind about whether you agree with us or not". Rather than support a particular party, the paper urged all its reader to vote as "a responsibility of common citizenship". On 4 May 2015, the weekday version of The Independent said that a continuation of
846-537: A board director. In 2009, Lebedev had bought a controlling stake in the Evening Standard . Two weeks later, editor Roger Alton resigned. In July 2011, The Independent ' s columnist Johann Hari was stripped of the Orwell Prize he had won in 2008 after claims, to which Hari later admitted, of plagiarism and inaccuracy. In January 2012, Chris Blackhurst , editor of The Independent , told
940-420: A cameo appearance as herself in the country-music drama film Wild Rose , released in April. In May, Musgraves made her Met Gala debut as a Barbie doll and afterwards announced she had signed with modeling agency IMG. In August, Musgraves appeared at San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival , among her largest festival appearances to date. In October 2019, Musgraves revealed that she would cover
1034-406: A compact design until the print edition was discontinued. On 12 April 2005, The Independent redesigned its layout to a more European feel, similar to France's Libération . The redesign was carried out by a Barcelona-based design studio. The weekday second section was subsumed within the main paper, double-page feature articles became common in the main news sections, and there were revisions to
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#17327985259401128-448: A new look, better access to the blog service, priority on image and video content, and additional areas of the site including art, architecture, fashion, gadgets and health. The paper launched podcast programmes such as "The Independent Music Radio Show", "The Independent Travel Guides", "The Independent Sailing Podcasts", and "The Independent Video Travel Guides". Since 2009, the website has carried short video news bulletins provided by
1222-496: A psychic reading and connect with her grandmother, Barbara Taylor, to learn more details about her death in a house fire. Musgraves has said that her song "This Town", from the album Pageant Material , is about her grandmother, and that her grandmother sings during the opening of the song. In October 2017, Musgraves posted a picture of herself on Twitter indicating she was in the studio writing new songs for her upcoming third studio album. On December 12, 2017, Musgraves announced
1316-789: A reworked version of his song " Easy " which features Musgraves and was produced by Mark Ronson . Musgraves' song "Oh, What A World" was used in the Paramount Network original Christmas movie Dashing in December . She voiced Earwig's mother in the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film, Earwig and the Witch . In April 2021, Musgraves announced that her new album would be released later that year, in partnership with UMG Nashville and Interscope Records , her first release on
1410-441: A serious paper". The first edition was designed and implemented by Michael Crozier, who was Executive Editor, Design and Picture, from pre-launch in 1986 to 1994. From September 2003, the paper was produced in both broadsheet and tabloid-sized versions, with the same content in each. The tabloid edition was termed "compact" to distance itself from the more sensationalist reporting style usually associated with "tabloid" newspapers in
1504-461: A stake of about a third each by mid-1994. In March 1995, Newspaper Publishing was restructured with a rights issue, splitting the shareholding into O'Reilly's Independent News & Media (43%), MGN (43%), and Prisa (publisher of El País ) (12%). In April 1996, there was another refinancing, and in March 1998, O'Reilly bought the other shares of the company for £30 million, and assumed
1598-585: A strings section, an accordion, a bass, a saxophone, a clarinet, and backup singers. In September 2016, Musgraves was selected as one of 30 country music artists to perform on " Forever Country ", a mash-up track of " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", " On the Road Again ", and " I Will Always Love You ". The song celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards and secured Musgraves her first number-one country single. In 2017, Musgraves provided backing vocals on "All
1692-447: A wholly owned and operated Spanish language edition. The Independent began publishing as a broadsheet, in a series of celebrated designs. The final version was designed by Carroll, Dempsey and Thirkell following a commission by Nicholas Garland who, along with Alexander Chancellor , was unhappy with designs produced by Raymond Hawkey and Michael McGuiness – on seeing the proposed designs, Chancellor had said "I thought we were joining
1786-991: Is John Prine and, in a tribute performance to him after his death in April 2020, she said that "my favorite quality of John's would be his sense of humor and it really influenced my songwriting a lot" and proclaimed "that man singlehandedly influenced me and my songwriting more than anyone else on this planet". She lists Lee Ann Womack as one of her childhood influences: "Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas , so I've always looked up to her." Musgraves spoke of both Prine and Womack, "if I could sing it like Lee Ann would and say it like John would, then I feel like I've gotten somewhere". Musgraves listed albums by Glen Campbell , Bobbie Gentry , Marty Robbins , Charley Pride , Roger Miller , and Jim Croce as influences on her sophomore album and an interview of hers with Rolling Stone Country cited Ray Price , Julie Miller , and Loretta Lynn as being other influences. In
1880-403: Is a soprano. Her socially progressive lyrics draw attention in the generally conservative country music genre. Her music has tackled topics such as LGBT acceptance, safe sexual intercourse, recreational marijuana use, and questioning religious sentiment. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal , Musgraves talked about criticism she faced for her rebellious lyrics. "I think throwing
1974-460: Is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 2007, Musgraves appeared on the fifth season of the USA Network singing competition Nashville Star , where she finished in seventh place. In 2012, she signed with Mercury Nashville and released
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#17327985259402068-641: Is published under license, and owned and managed by Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG), a major publishing organization with close ties to the Saudi royal family. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election , The Independent endorsed the Labour Party , although added what it termed as a warning that: “Labour must turn its promises into policies that benefit the hardworking and hopeful people of this country”. The Independent : The Independent on Sunday : There have also been various guest editors over
2162-559: The Al Jazeera English news channel. From 2009, the website started carrying short video news bulletins provided by the al Jazeera English news channel. Over the years this developed to the point that the website regularly featured video content in its news reports. Some of this was syndicated and sourced from other news channels and providers, but The Independent gradually increased numbers in its own video team. In addition to putting together short-form video news reports,
2256-563: The Billboard 200. In 2023, she was featured on the single " I Remember Everything " by Zach Bryan , which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance . Her sixth studio album, Deeper Well , was released in 2024. Musgraves has won seven Grammy Awards , seven Country Music Association Awards , and four Academy of Country Music Awards . Kacey Lee Musgraves
2350-658: The Bluebird Café in Nashville. In May 2016, they had a songwriting date, and they began dating shortly after. Musgraves said that the song "Butterflies" from her album Golden Hour is about her courtship with Kelly; many other songs from the album were inspired by Kelly. On December 24, 2016, Musgraves and Kelly were engaged. They married on October 14, 2017 in Tennessee . The couple filed for divorce in July 2020 and it
2444-1015: The Cotswolds in South West England. Kacey Musgraves started writing songs at age eight. Her first song, "Notice Me", was for her elementary-school graduation. She first learned to play music on the mandolin , then at age 12 started taking guitar lessons from a local musician named John DeFoore, which she later described as "one of the most important things that ever happened to me." DeFoore also taught guitar to Miranda Lambert and Riley Thompson . Musgraves learned harmonica too. Musgraves' mother took her to local music festivals to sing western swing music. She and co-student Alina Tatum formed country-music duo Texas Two Bits, toured through Texas, and released an independent album in 2000, and earned an invitation to perform at President George W. Bush 's "Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball". Musgraves also won yodeling national championships and
2538-537: The Deeper Well World Tour in support of the album. The tour commenced on April 28 in Dublin , Ireland, and is set to conclude on December 7, in Nashville, Tennessee . On March 2, Musgraves took the stage as musical guest on Saturday Night Live for the third time of her career and performed "Too Good to Be True" and "Deeper Well". Deeper Well was described as a country folk , soft rock , and folk pop album. It
2632-625: The Jayson Blair case, which led to resignations of editors, "deep soul-searching", and "new standards of exactitude being imposed". The historian Guy Walters suggested that Hari's fabrications had been an open secret among the newspaper's staff and that their internal inquiry was a "facesaving exercise". The Independent and The Independent on Sunday endorsed "Remain" in the Brexit referendum . In March 2016, The Independent decided to close its print edition and become an online newspaper ;
2726-555: The Josh Abbott Band in 2010 on the song "Oh, Tonight". Musgraves' two acoustic recordings for Triple Pop (covers of OneRepublic 's " Apologize " and Miley Cyrus ' " See You Again ") are available on a digital EP released in 2012. "Apologize" (Acoustic Version) charted in the Billboard Hot Singles Chart at No. 23 on February 15, 2014, and racked up over 31,000,000 streams on Spotify. To commemorate
2820-472: The Leveson inquiry that the scandal had "severely damaged" the newspaper's reputation. He nevertheless told the inquiry that Hari would return as a columnist in "four to five weeks". Hari later announced that he would not return to The Independent . Jonathan Foreman contrasted The Independent ' s reaction to the scandal unfavourably with the reaction of American newspapers to similar incidents such as
2914-595: The UK Country Albums Chart , becoming her fifth consecutive album to reach the top spot on that chart. All tracks are written by Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian , and Ian Fitchuk , with the exception of "Sway" and "Little Sister", which include songwriter Tommy English , as well as "The Architect" and "Arm's Length", which were penned by Musgraves with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne . Notes Musicians Technical Visuals Kacey Musgraves Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988)
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3008-609: The i , a compact sister newspaper, was launched. The i is a separate newspaper but uses some of the same material. It was later sold to regional newspaper company Johnston Press , becoming that publisher's flagship national newspaper. The online news site indy100 was announced by The Independent in February 2016, to be written by journalists but with stories selected by 'upvotes' from readers. The Independent supported U2 lead singer Bono's Product RED brand by creating The (RED) Independent , an occasional edition that gave half
3102-529: The "assertiveness" of Musgraves on the "sparse compositions that run through this thoughtful, imperfect, down-to-earth record", described as "the excitement of a fresh start". Deeper Well debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with 97,000 album-equivalent units , including 38.06 million on-demand streams and 66,000 album sales in its first week, behind Ariana Grande 's Eternal Sunshine (2024). It became Musgraves' fifth top-ten album on
3196-947: The 10-year anniversary on March 30, 2018, Triple Pop released the "Acoustic Remixed" digital EP, which featured newly remixed and remastered versions of the same recordings. Musgraves joined Lady A on the European leg of their Own the Night Tour in 2012. In 2012, she signed with Mercury Nashville and released her solo debut single " Merry Go 'Round ". The song is included on her major-label debut album Same Trailer Different Park , produced and co-written by Musgraves, Shane McAnally and Luke Laird and released on March 19, 2013. The album debuted at number 2, selling 42,000 copies. It produced additional hit singles in " Blowin' Smoke " and " Follow Your Arrow ". Rolling Stone magazine listed "Follow Your Arrow" at number 39 of its list of 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time, and said that Musgraves
3290-476: The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in 2012, including Female Vocalist of the Year. Musgraves was also nominated for four Grammy Awards at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , tying Taylor Swift and Lorde for the most nominations received by a woman that year. Those nominations included Best New Artist , Best Country Album ( Same Trailer Different Park ), and Best Country Song for both "Mama's Broken Heart" and "Merry Go 'Round". "Merry Go 'Round" won
3384-511: The Academy of Country Music award for album of the year for Same Trailer Different Park. In June 2014, she released a new song called The Trailer Song , which she debuted on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . Same Trailer Different Park was certified gold in August 2014 for selling over 500,000 copies. Musgraves' single "Follow Your Arrow" was also certified gold, and "Merry Go Round"
3478-686: The Best Country Song Grammy award, and Same Trailer Different Park won in Best Country Album. Musgraves joined Katy Perry on the North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour as well as Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss on select dates during their tour. Musgraves provided backing vocals for " Bourbon in Kentucky ", the lead single on Dierks Bentley 's 2013 album Riser . In April 2014, Musgraves won
3572-573: The Best", a John Prine cover, for Zac Brown Band 's album Welcome Home . Also in 2017, Musgraves was featured on Outlaw: Celebrating the Music of Waylon Jennings . Originally recorded for TV, it later was released on CD and DVD. During the broadcast, Musgraves performed Jennings' song " The Wurlitzer Prize ". Musgraves appeared on the June 21, 2017, episode of Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry to receive
3666-556: The British press was "unduly besotted" with the Royal Family and that a newspaper could "manage without" stories about the monarchy. In 2007, Alan Rusbridger , editor of The Guardian , said of The Independent : "The emphasis on views, not news, means that the reporting is rather thin, and it loses impact on the front page the more you do that". In a 12 June 2007 speech, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called The Independent
3760-584: The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition after the general election would be a positive outcome. At the end of July 2018, The Independent led a campaign they called the "Final Say", a change.org petition by former editor Christian Broughton , for a binding referendum on the Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union. As of October 2018, Independent Arabia was launched. It
3854-545: The UK, preferring to remain focused on hard news (similarly to the tabloid-size edition of The Times . ) After launching in the London area and then in North West England , the smaller format appeared gradually throughout the UK. Soon afterwards, Rupert Murdoch's Times followed suit, introducing its own tabloid-sized version. Prior to these changes, The Independent had a daily circulation of around 217,500,
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3948-691: The United States as Global COO and President (North AmericaUS), and former Editor Christian Broughton was appointed Chief Executive. In March 2024, Louise Thomas was appointed US Editor. In 2019, The Independent entered a long-term partnership with the Saudi Research & Media Group, who operate under license the Independent Arabia, Independent Turkish, Independent Persian and Independent Urdu language editions. In September 2020, The Independent launched Independent en Espanol,
4042-426: The album "poetic" and saw the album as a "conversation with a friend" and a "great companion listen" to Musgraves' fourth studio album, Golden Hour , praising the "dreamy mood" of the album. In a review for Paste , Eric Bennett called Deeper Well her "most sonically cohesive album to date" describing the album as "refreshing" and "rife" with "clear-eyed" songs. Roisin O'Connor of The Independent also praised
4136-401: The album's title track. In August 2021, Musgraves announced a 15-city star-crossed: unveiled tour for the album Star-Crossed . On October 2, she became the first ever musical guest to perform nude on Saturday Night Live . Musgraves collaborated with American country star Zach Bryan on the single " I Remember Everything " from his self-titled fourth studio album. The track debuted at
4230-480: The app, and on Smart TV. In March 2023 The Independent released The Body in the Woods, a feature-length documentary by its Chief International Correspondent, Bel Trew. In 2014, The Independent launched a sister website, i100 , a "shareable" journalism site with similarities to Reddit and Upworthy . The Independent is generally described as centrist , centre-left , liberal , and liberal-left . When
4324-470: The changes and priorities that occurred in her life after the age of 27, spurred by the "cosmos as Saturn's return". At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 21 reviews and gave Deeper Well an average of 7.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of
4418-717: The chart and her biggest week ever by both equivalent album units and traditional album sales. The album also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums and Americana/Folk Albums , respectively becoming Musgraves fifth and third project to achieve it. In the United Kingdom the album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart , becoming Musgraves' highest-charting album and her third consecutive top-ten project after Golden Hour (2018) and Star-Crossed (2021). It also debuted at number one on
4512-441: The cohesive sound of the album, calling the album a "revelation". Pitchfork 's writer Laura Snapes described the album as "sympathetically fame-agnostic and focused on steadying Musgraves' axi" but the songs "aren't particularly satisfying when you know what she's capable of", comparing the project as "the latest addition to a canon of refusenik pop records from young women burned by the spotlight". Sophie Williams of NME praised
4606-429: The company's debt. Brendan Hopkins headed Independent News, Andrew Marr was appointed editor of The Independent , and Rosie Boycott became editor of The Independent on Sunday . Marr introduced a dramatic if short-lived redesign which won critical favour but was a commercial failure, partly as a result of a limited promotional budget. Marr admitted his changes had been a mistake in his book, My Trade . The newspaper
4700-577: The country music competition show My Kind of Country with Reese Witherspoon . In February 2024, Musgraves announced her sixth studio album, Deeper Well , which was released on March 15, 2024. She performed two songs from the album on the March 2 episode of Saturday Night Live . She was a guest and interviewed for two hours on March 18, 2024, on Howard Stern 's SiriusXM show; she performed three songs live with her band at Sirius' Nashville studio. In April 2024, Musgraves collaborated with American alternative rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise on
4794-401: The critical consensus. Tony Clayton-Lea of The Irish Times dubbed Deeper Well "another jewel in the crown" describing it as "politically aware" and "personally revealing". Thomas Bedenbaugh of Slant Magazine praised the concept of the album and considered the lyrics mostly live up to Musgraves' standards, even though some "fall flat". Mary Siroky of Consequence called the lyrics of
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#17327985259404888-629: The day of the 2008 London mayoral election compared the candidates and said that, if the newspaper had a vote, it would vote first for the Green Party candidate, Siân Berry , noting the similarity between her priorities and those of The Independent , and secondly, with "rather heavy heart", for the incumbent, Ken Livingstone . An Ipsos MORI poll estimated that in the 2010 United Kingdom general election , 44% of regular readers voted Liberal Democrat , 32% voted Labour , and 14% voted Conservative , compared to 23%, 29%, and 36%, respectively, of
4982-578: The first week of sales worldwide. In the United States, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 , while debuting at number three in the United Kingdom on the Official Albums Chart , becoming the singer's highest entry on both charts. An expanded edition of the album, subtitled Deeper into the Well , was released in August 2024. Musgraves teased the project on February 4, 2024, during
5076-423: The front and back covers. A new second section, "Extra", was introduced on 25 April 2006. It is similar to The Guardian ' s "G2" and The Times ' s "Times2", containing features, reportage and games, including sudoku . In June 2007, The Independent on Sunday consolidated its content into a news section which included sports and business, and a magazine focusing on life and culture. On 23 September 2008,
5170-430: The hit single " Merry Go 'Round ". Her major-label debut studio album, Same Trailer Different Park (2013), won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . Musgraves' second studio album, Pageant Material (2015), debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded the critically and commercially successful singles " Biscuits " and " Dime Store Cowgirl ". She released
5264-569: The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016. The Independent on Sunday published its last print edition on 20 March 2016 and was closed following that. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in The Independent . Geordie Greig was appointed The Independent’s Editor-in-Chief in January 2023. He oversaw a period of editorial investment. Later in 2023, Chief Executive of IDNML Zach Leonard moved to
5358-466: The latter label. Golden Hour co-producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk will return to work on the project. Musgraves began teasing her next album by releasing snippets of new music on her 33rd birthday. On August 23, Musgraves revealed that her fifth album, now titled Star-Crossed , would be released on September 10, along with an accompanying 50-minute film which will be available for streaming exclusively on Paramount+ . Musgraves also released
5452-609: The launch of the Sunday Correspondent four months prior, although this direct rival closed at the end of November 1990. Some aspects of production merged with the main paper, although the Sunday paper retained a largely distinct editorial staff. In the 1990s, The Independent was faced with price cutting by the Murdoch titles, and started an advertising campaign accusing The Times and The Daily Telegraph of reflecting
5546-542: The lead single from the album, was released on March 16, 2015. Pageant Material , Musgraves' second studio album, was released on June 23, 2015. To support the album, Musgraves performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 9, 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (June 10, 2015), Good Morning America (June 23, 2015), The View (June 24, 2015), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (September 14, 2015), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (January 8, 2016), and The Late Late Show with James Corden (April 6, 2016). Musgraves
5640-436: The lowest of any major national British daily, a figure that climbed by 15% as of March 2004 (to 250,000). Throughout much of 2006, circulation stagnated at a quarter of a million. On 14 May 2004, The Independent produced its last weekday broadsheet, having stopped producing a Saturday broadsheet edition in January. The Independent on Sunday published its last simultaneous broadsheet on 9 October 2005, and thereafter followed
5734-399: The main newspaper became full-colour, and "Extra" was replaced by an "Independent Life Supplement" focusing on different themes each day. Three weeks after the acquisition of the paper by Alexander Lebedev and Evgeny Lebedev in 2010, the paper was relaunched with another redesign on 20 April. The new format featured smaller headlines and a new pullout "Viewspaper" section, which contained
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#17327985259405828-512: The majority of young Britons" in 2007, had become "25 times stronger than resin sold a decade ago". The paper's opinion on the British monarchy has sometimes been described as republican , though it officially identifies as reformist, wishing for a reformed monarchy that "reflects the nation over which it reigns and which is accountable to the people for its activities". Originally, it avoided royal stories, Whittam Smith later saying he thought
5922-531: The musical guest. In October 2018, Musgraves embarked on the "Oh, What a World Tour" in support of Golden Hour . The tour began in Oslo, Norway on October 13. In February 2019, Golden Hour won Album of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards . In the same month, Musgraves released "Rainbow" as the fifth single from the album. In April, Musgraves featured on a newly recorded version of " Neon Moon " with Brooks and Dunn for their duet album Reboot . She also made
6016-416: The newspaper to a new company owned by the family of Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev for a nominal £1 fee and £9.25 million over the next 10 months, choosing this option over closing The Independent and The Independent on Sunday , which would have cost £28 million and £40 million respectively, due to long-term contracts. Alexander's son Evgeny became chairman of the new company, with Alexander becoming
6110-613: The newspaper was losing £5 million per year. A gradual improvement meant that by 2006, circulation was at a nine-year high. In November 2008, following further staff cuts, production was moved to Northcliffe House, in Kensington High Street, the headquarters of Associated Newspapers . The two newspaper groups' editorial, management and commercial operations remained separate, but they shared services including security, information technology, switchboard and payroll. On 25 March 2010, Independent News & Media sold
6204-625: The overall electorate. On the eve of the 2010 general election, The Independent supported the Liberal Democrats, arguing that "they are longstanding and convincing champions of civil liberties, sound economics, international co-operation on the great global challenges and, of course, fundamental electoral reform. These are all principles that this newspaper has long held dear." Before the 2015 United Kingdom general election , The Independent on Sunday desisted from advising its readers how to vote, writing that "this does not mean that we are
6298-497: The paper was established in 1986, the founders intended its political stance to reflect the centre of the British political spectrum and thought that it would attract readers primarily from The Times and The Daily Telegraph . It has been seen as leaning to the left-wing of the political spectrum, making it more a competitor to The Guardian ; however, The Independent tends to take a liberal, pro-market stance on economic issues. The Independent on Sunday referred to itself as
6392-430: The paper went through several redesigns. While circulation increased, it did not approach the level which had been achieved in 1989, or restore profitability. Job cuts and financial controls reduced the morale of journalists and the quality of the product. Ivan Fallon, on the board since 1995 and formerly a key figure at The Sunday Times , replaced Hopkins as head of Independent News & Media in July 2002. By mid-2004,
6486-470: The paper's comment and feature articles. Following the 2003 switch in format, The Independent became known for its unorthodox and campaigning front pages, which frequently relied on images, graphics or lists rather than traditional headlines and written news content. For example, following the Kashmir earthquake in 2005, it used its front page to urge its readers to donate to its appeal fund, and following
6580-580: The paper. The paper was created at a time of a fundamental change in British newspaper publishing. Rupert Murdoch was challenging long-accepted practices of the print unions and ultimately defeated them in the Wapping dispute . Consequently, production costs could be reduced which created openings for more competition. As a result of controversy around Murdoch's move to Wapping, the plant was effectively having to function under siege from sacked print workers picketing outside. The Independent attracted some of
6674-608: The publication of the Hutton Report into the death of British government scientist David Kelly , its front page simply carried the word "Whitewash?" In 2003, the paper's editor, Simon Kelner, was named "Editor of the Year" at the What the Papers Say awards, partly in recognition of, according to the judges, his "often arresting and imaginative front-page designs". In 2008, as he was stepping down as editor, he stated that it
6768-495: The rebel card out there is really cheap," she said. "The things I'm singing about are not controversial to me, I don't push buttons to push buttons. I talk about things that have made an impression on me that a lot of people everywhere are going through." In 2014, in an interview with ABC Radio, Musgraves said she had been in a relationship with her bandmate Misa Arriaga for several years after first becoming friends and working together. Musgraves met Ruston Kelly in March 2016 at
6862-480: The show includes collaborations with other artists, including a cover of " I'll Be Home for Christmas " together with singer Lana Del Rey . The show also stars Kacey's grandmother Barbara (Nana) Musgraves. In April 2020, she appeared in the Together at Home virtual concert series and performed "Rainbow". That same month, she released an Earth Day inspired remix of "Oh, What a World". On May 29, 2020, Musgraves
6956-645: The single "Overtime," from the band's new album Love Hate Music Box. On August 10 2024, Musgraves and Sabrina Carpenter were in a duet singing a cover of Nancy Sinatra 's These Boots are Made for Walkin' during Carpenter's headline set at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. Musgraves lists Alison Krauss as one of her career role models, stating, "I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that". Musgraves' favorite artist
7050-433: The song "All Is Found" for Frozen II . The song plays over the end credits and is also included on the soundtrack album . On November 4, 2019, Musgraves announced The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show , a holiday special premiering through Amazon Amazon Prime Video on November 29. On November 20, 2019, she debuted the song "Glittery" featuring Troye Sivan on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The soundtrack to
7144-535: The song premiered later on March 15, the same day the album was officially released. A digital deluxe edition of the album, containing the bonus track "Ruthless", was available during the album's release week. On July 26, Musgraves released the single "Irish Goodbye" and announced an expanded version of the album, subtitled Deeper into the Well , which was released on August 2. On February 29, 2024, Musgraves announced she would perform shows in Europe and North America for
7238-460: The staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to his company's new headquarters. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging both The Guardian for centre-left readers and The Times as the newspaper of record, The Independent reached a circulation of more than 400,000 by 1989. When The Independent launched The Independent on Sunday in 1990, sales were less than anticipated, partly due to
7332-604: The title of her third studio album Golden Hour through Entertainment Weekly . The songs "Butterflies" and "Space Cowboy" were released as the first singles from the album on February 23, 2018. In March, Musgraves headlined the 2018 C2C: Country to Country festival in London after playing the festival in 2016. Musgraves premiered "High Horse", the third song from the album, on March 22, 2018, on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Apple Radio show. On March 29, 2018, she performed "Slow Burn" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . Golden Hour
7426-540: The top position on the Billboard Hot 100 , marking her first number 1 single on the chart. The single was nominated for two Grammy awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Duo/Group Performance winning the latter. On October 6, 2023 Musgraves collaborated with breakout artist Noah Kahan on a re-released version of the single "She Calls Me Back" from Kahan's album Stick Season . In 2023, Musgraves also executive produced
7520-411: The views of their proprietors, Rupert Murdoch and Conrad Black . It featured spoofs of the other papers' mastheads with the words The Rupert Murdoch or The Conrad Black , with The Independent below the main title. Newspaper Publishing had financial problems. A number of other media companies were interested in the paper. Tony O'Reilly 's media group and Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) had bought
7614-416: The website soon began producing its own video and podcast series, including explainers, short documentary ‘on the ground’ style reports, and lifestyle and culture videos, including since 2017 the award-nominated series Millennial Love, later rebranded Love Lives. In late 2020 The Independent launched Independent TV, which saw the title’s video offering provided on many formats including on the web browser, in
7708-462: The years, such as Elton John on 1 December 2010, The Body Shop 's Anita Roddick on 19 June 2003 and U2 's Bono in 2006. The Independent sponsors the Longford Prize , in memory of Lord Longford . The Independent on Sunday ( IoS ) was the Sunday sister newspaper of The Independent . It ceased to exist in 2016, the last edition being published on 20 March. In October 2010,
7802-428: Was "one of the loudest symbols of young country musicians embracing progressive values." "Undermine", a song co-written by Musgraves and Trent Dabbs , was featured in one of the first episodes in the first season of the television series Nashville on October 17, 2012. Musgraves co-wrote Miranda Lambert 's 2013 single " Mama's Broken Heart " and sang harmony on the song. Musgraves was nominated for four awards at
7896-527: Was born August 21, 1988, in Golden, Texas , to Karen (née Abrams), an artist, and Craig Musgraves, owner of a small printing business, M-Prints Printing, Inc., in Mineola, Texas . Kacey said that she was born six weeks prematurely and weighed only five pounds. She has a younger sister, Kelly Christine Sutton (née Musgraves), who is a photographer and at times has photographed some of Kacey's work including in
7990-429: Was certified platinum. Musgraves announced in late August 2014 that she would perform a 10-show headlining tour, titled Same Tour Different Trailer, which started on September 25 and ended on October 19. In September 2014, she said that she had begun writing songs for her second major label album, and planned to write with Luke Laird and Shane MacAnally later in the year after her touring schedule wrapped. " Biscuits ",
8084-573: Was co-produced and co-written by Musgraves, Daniel Tashian , and Ian Fitchuk , with the exception of the tracks "Sway", which includes songwriter Tommy English , and "The Architect", which was crafted with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne . Musgraves recorded the album at the Electric Lady Studios in New York City , which she thinks "has the best mojo" while she was "seeking some different environmental energy". It reflects on
8178-578: Was featured on The Flaming Lips single "Flowers of Neptune 6" and also provided vocals on two additional tracks ("Watch the Lightbugs Glow" and "God and the Policeman") on their album American Head , which was released on September 11, 2020. Musgraves also provides backing vocals on several tracks on Ruston Kelly 's second album Shape & Destroy , which was recorded before she and Kelly divorced. On December 10, 2020, Troye Sivan released
8272-416: Was featured on a remix of Miguel 's single "Waves", released on February 26, 2016. On September 7, 2016, Musgraves announced the release of her first Christmas album, A Very Kacey Christmas . The album, which features eight traditional and four original songs, was released on October 28, 2016, through Mercury Nashville. In support of the album, Musgraves embarked on a Christmas-themed tour, complete with
8366-595: Was finalized in September 2020. From 2021 to 2023, Musgraves was in a relationship with Cole Schafer, a poet. Headlining Opening act At the Grammy Awards Musgraves has received seven awards from thirteen nominations. The Independent The Independent is a British online newspaper . It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the Indy , it began as
8460-579: Was owned by Tony O'Reilly 's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to Alexander Lebedev in 2010. Boycott left in April 1998 to join the Daily Express , and Marr left in May 1998, later becoming the BBC 's political editor. Simon Kelner was appointed as the editor. By this time, the circulation had fallen below 200,000. Independent News spent heavily to increase circulation, and
8554-602: Was possible to "overdo the formula" and that the style of the paper's front pages perhaps needed "reinvention". Under the subsequent editorship of Chris Blackhurst , the campaigning, poster-style front pages were scaled back in favour of more conventional news stories. The weekday, Saturday and Sunday editions of The Independent all included supplements and pull-out subsections: Daily (Monday to Friday) The Independent : Saturday's The Independent : The Independent on Sunday : On 23 January 2008, The Independent relaunched its online edition. The relaunched site introduced
8648-414: Was published on 7 October in broadsheet format. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith , Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds . All three partners were former journalists at The Daily Telegraph who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell 's ownership. Marcus Sieff was the first chairman of Newspaper Publishing, and Whittam Smith took control of
8742-484: Was released on March 30, 2018, on MCA Nashville. On May 12, 2018, Musgraves was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live , performing "High Horse" and "Slow Burn". Through June and July, Musgraves was the opening act on the second North American leg of Harry Styles: Live on Tour . In September, Musgraves appeared on a rerecorded version of " There's No Gettin' Over Me " with Ronnie Milsap for his 2019 duet album. On October 2, 2018, she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
8836-753: Was selected to sing the national anthem at the 2002 Winter Olympics . At age 14, her family funded her first solo, self-released album. She graduated from Mineola High School in Mineola, Texas northwest of Tyler in 2006 and moved to Austin at 18. In 2007, Musgraves competed on Season 5 of the singing competition reality TV series Nashville Star , where she placed seventh. To sustain herself she took various jobs, including performing as Hannah Montana for children's birthday parties. Musgraves recorded three self-produced albums in 2002, 2003, and 2007. While living in Austin in 2008, she recorded two songs for independent record label Triple Pop. She collaborated with
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