In a stadium of strangers dressed in fabulous fringe, denim, boots, cowboy hats and other adornments in keeping with the immaculate Cowboy Carter aesthetic, I rediscovered something that I had long misplaced: Ebullient joy.

More than a year after its release, "Cowboy Carter" is still sparking conversations and upending perceptions about genre, authenticity and who gets to claim country music as their own. The album's gumbo of sounds rattled radio programmers,

Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour will take place in Houston at the NRG Stadium on June 28 and 29. Both days, the concert will begin at 7 p.m. Although the concert is “sold out,” fans can still purchase resale tickets on platforms like Vivid Seats, SeatGeek, StubHub and Ticketmaster.