It’s a Sunday afternoon in Nashville, and fans have crowded into the top floor of Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa Tex Mex + Cantina on Lower Broadway for a pop-up show to celebrate the release of her new album Postcards From Texas. Pink neon block letters spell her name on the wall behind the stage, giving the space a soft, glowing hue. The album has been out only three days, and she plans to sing it top to bottom.
Lambert walks out at 5 p.m. in a white cowboy hat, turquoise fringe, and the broad smile of a woman who just defiantly rebooted her music career—at 40 years old.
After nearly two decades together, Lambert left Sony Music Nashville in March of 2023. One year later, the proud Texan announced she had signed with Republic Records and that Nashville’s Big Loud would provide country radio promotion and marketing support. Her debut single with the new label, “Wranglers,” came out in May, and Postcards from Texas, her 10th studio album, arrived in September…