Kacey Musgraves Inks With Lost Highway Records

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Kacey Musgraves. Photo: Danny Clinch

Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves has signed with Lost Highway Records, marking her as the flagship signing to the recently relaunched label. This also marks a full circle moment for Musgraves and the label, as she was the final artist signed in 2011 before Lost Highway was absorbed by Mercury Nashville a year later.

“Lost Highway was always a musical stable for artists who might be considered outliers or outlaws; those who live on the fringe,” shares Musgraves. “In 2011, when other record labels questioned my songwriting and my more traditional country sound, Lost Highway believed in me, signing me to my first label deal and helped me take my music around the world. That journey has now come full circle in such a special way with John Janick and Interscope and I’m deeply honored to be able to once again call Lost Highway my musical home.”

To celebrate the signing, Musgraves has released her version of Leon Payne’s “Lost Highway,” which the label is named after. Musgraves co-produced her version, alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk.

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“Kacey exemplifies the kind of culture- shifting, left-of-center artists that Lost Highway has always been known for,” says Janick, Chairman & CEO, Interscope Capitol and IGA. “Given the close relationship she’s had with both Lost Highway and Interscope, it seemed only natural for her to be the first artist signed in this new chapter.”

“For 20 years, my job was to run Mercury and MCA labels, which were primarily mainstream country endeavors,” adds Luke Lewis, Founder of Lost Highway in 2000. “The last 10 years of my time there were passionately dedicated to starting and leading Lost Highway, which was the most rewarding time of my entire career. The label went on to cultivate some of the greatest singer/songwriters I have had the honor to work with, and I am extremely proud to have helped them further their amazing musical journeys. I am beyond grateful that this very special label is now in the hands of John Janick, Robert Knotts, Jake Gear and the Interscope team, and I am certain Lost Highway will have an incredible second inning.”

Musgraves released her fifth studio album Deeper Well last year, and it became her biggest debut sales week of her career thus far. It topped five Billboard charts, including the Top Album Sales, Top Country Albums and Americana/Folk Albums. She embarked on her “Deeper Well Tour” last year, playing to sold-out crowds across the world, before winning the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Country Song with the album’s “The Architect.”

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