{"id":278650,"date":"2026-02-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=278650"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:52:02","slug":"what-we-listened-to-this-week-2026-02-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/what-we-listened-to-this-week-2026-02-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What We\u2019re Listening To: 2\/20\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each week, the Live Music Blog team takes stock of what\u2019s been populating their playlists and getting endlessly stuck in their heads from the week that was. These can be new releases, obscure tracks in niche genres, or classic albums dusted off due to nostalgia (or because they\u2019re simply awesome).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy what we\u2019re listening to this week\u2026 and listen along with us if you so choose!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pageant Material<\/em> \u2013 Kacey Musgraves (2015)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Having long been a proponent of her Christmas album, A Very Kacey Christmas,<\/em> (her song \u201cPresent Without A Bow<\/a>\u201d is at minimum a top three Christmas song all time), I decided to give the rest of her discography a try starting with her sophomore release (having listened to her debut album a few years ago). I’m extremely happy I did, as listening to this 2015 release, as well as her subsequent albums, confirms that Musgraves is clearly one of the most talented writers of her generation and a top-tier talent richly deserving of her critical acclaim and award-winning pedigree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire track list of Pageant Material<\/em> is littered with memorable numbers, perhaps none more so than the third track, \u201cLate to the Party.\u201d Those in the know understand that \u201ctrack threes\u201d are often indicative of the entire direction an album will take, and they often also represent the overall quality of tracks found on their albums. On both counts, \u201cLate to the Party\u201d is a showstopper, with a swooning, gentle melody, deft harmonies, and dynamite lyrics with clever internal rhymes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Late To The Party<\/div><\/div>
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