Michaela Anne is one of those voices in Nashville I connected with almost immediately - just truly great, emotionally connected country and folk songs. Her new album, These Are The Days, hits both me and Natalie where it hurts: in the throes of motherhood, watching the days both drag and fly
First and foremost, I hope you're not having to work and that you're staying cool this holiday weekend. During these days when the patriotism seems even more delusional than usual, thankfully we've got great artists reminding us that the struggle against it and the
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A check-in on the state of the country charts: are they as depressing as usual?
Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s music recommendation post and playlist, which are for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, shoot us an email. The Good "Backroad Rodeo," The BoykinZ: Brazen
Sapphic imagery is a recurring theme in mainstream country music these last few years – but why? And what if we don't?
Hopefully you have the day off today, and more importantly, hopefully you spend some of your day reflecting on the significance of Juneteenth in this moment — a moment when the people in power are working hard to undo every attempt (and they are attempts) at creating a more equal and
One thing is consistent here at DRTI: Vandoliers forever. To celebrate Pride Month this year, we have a guest post from longtime friend of the newsletter Jenni Rose of Vandoliers. Jenni wrote the band's new song, "Girl on the Run," shortly after she came out as
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Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s music recommendation post and playlist, which are for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, shoot us an email. The Good "Phone, Keys, Wallet," Lainey Wilson
Pistol Annies TikTok fame? Yes really!
We all know the country song of 2026 if you look at the charts - "Choosin' Texas," obviously - but what's your country song of the summer? Your personal favorite summer country banger of the moment?
Hello newsletter friends, I hope you are all enjoying this start to summer (it's currently pouring on the Saturday I am writing this, so currently waiting for things to actually feel like summer over here). A quick update on my end: this week, I started as a Senior
Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s music recommendation post and playlist, which are for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, shoot us an email. The Good "Never Really Mine," Kaitlin Butts:
Who's a real cowboy? The question has been central to American culture (popular and otherwise) for almost as long as it's existed, filtered through novels and songs and (of course) endless Westerns, where myths around the tough, rugged and macho American West were consolidated by posh
The summer playlist is a pretty beloved (by me, at least) tradition here at DRTI — paying subscribers have access to all the previous ones here — and as we've discussed quite thoroughly, the country trend of this summer seems to sync up with our pre-existing interest in disco
Lainey Wilson works her ass off. This ability to keep going, at first against all odds and now to keep up with the ravenous demands of her career, is the centerpiece of a new documentary about her life, Keepin’ Country Cool, which debuted last month on Netflix. Working hard is
Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s music recommendation post and playlist, which are for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, shoot us an email. The Good "Crisco," Miranda Lambert: Not Miranda
I'm writing this the day after my first Mother's Day as a mother, in the hour and a half or so I have each night after the baby has gone to bed and before I go to bed if I plan to get any sleep at
Yee-fucking-haw: there's a new Kacey Musgraves album in the world. Middle of Nowhere has been out for a week now, so hopefully you've all had enough time to sit with it for more than a few listens - enough listens, to discuss here! We chatted
I've probably told this story here before, but the man that really drew us to Nashville was Justin Townes Earle. We'd come to visit during a now-defunct music festival called Soundland, and Justin was playing in a small room off the Korean Veterans Boulevard roundabout,