The transition from scorching summer heat to beautiful fall weather is something to be cherished here in the desert. It’s a time of warm breezes, cool evenings and early sunsets, perfect for listening to vibey pop-country and folk-influenced acoustics. You know, the kind of music that’s still slightly upbeat and fun, but softer than the songs of the summer.
None other than Kacey Musgraves has mastered such tunes, and the superstar comes just as the summer heat gives way to the coolness of spring, bringing her light and airy vocals to T-Mobile Arena for a one-night-only stop on her Deeper Well World Tour.
The tour’s namesake album and song, “Deeper Well,” displays everything fans love about the artist’s music with lots of ethereal energy as Musgraves explores her understanding of the universe upon her Saturn return. For those who may not know, a Saturn return symbolizes an astrological turning point in a person’s life that occurs when the sixth planet is once again in the position that it was at the time of their birth. This is typically a period of self-discovery and reevaluation that occurs from ages 27-30. Now 36, the singer recounts the lessons she learned through this era of her life.
Opening track “Cardinal” pays homage to Musgraves’ late friend and mentor, John Prine, with beautiful harmonies and a catchy chorus. Further down the track list you’ll find playful and relatable tunes like “Flower Child” mixed with more spiritual songs like “Jade Green.” Concluding with the tender track “Irish Goodbye,” the whole album has an air of moving on while maintaining reflection on the past.
Many of the songs on the Deeper Well album fall short of being three minutes long, something that has left some fans wanting more of their favorites. But the briefness of numbers like “Heart of the Woods” and “Nothing to be Scared Of” offers refreshing reprieve from longer, slower-paced melodies like “Moving Out” and conveys the fleeting nature of the touching moments described in each song.
Musgraves kicked off the current tour with its European leg through April and May before continuing in North America earlier this month with shows in the United States and Canada. Earlier tour dates have seen most of the Deeper Well album on the setlist intermingled with Golden Hour hits like “Butterflies” and “Rainbow” and Same Trailer Different Park single “Merry Go ‘Round,” among other fan favorites like Star-Crossed’s “Breadwinner.”
Busy touring schedule aside, the songstress still made time to surprise fans this summer. During last month’s Outside Lands music festival, she joined fellow pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter onstage to sing Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’.” The vocalist also made an unexpected appearance earlier this year in Nashville during a stop of fellow country artist Zach Bryan’s The Quittin Time Tour to perform duet “I Remember Everything.” With a clear propensity to be unpredictable, who knows what the songbird has planned for Vegas?
T-Mobile Arena, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, starting at $59 plus tax and fee. axs.com
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