Proust-ish Questionnaire: MORGXN

Another day, another stupidly hateful action in my beautiful state of Tennessee: namely, the news that our Governor signed a resolution last week that June - aka Pride Month - will now be designated as "Nuclear Family Month," celebrating households that consist of "one husband, one wife,

A Playlist for Gram, Artemis II & All Things Cosmic Country

Welcome back to Don’t Rock the Inbox. Here’s this week’s playlist, which is for paying subscribers only. If you’re interested in paid content but not able to afford it, shoot us an email. If you're anything like me, you spent last week absolutely riveted

Miranda on Miranda (Or, Some Golden Interview Outtakes)

Some outtakes from my 2024 conversation with Miranda Lambert.

Put A Record On: Duets, Love Songs and Midwest Honky-tonk

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 "Country & Midwestern," Tigirlily Gold:

Country Radio is Actually Playing Kacey Musgraves (?!)

It’s hard to believe (oh no, that’s not a pun I swear), but somehow, Kacey Musgraves’ song about not getting laid received 24 adds at country radio since its release a few weeks ago. For a white dude singing about trucks or dadlife, that wouldn’t be a

Put A Record On: A Playlist for Going Home

Moving day playlist!

Croy and the Boys: The DRTI Interview

Get to know Austin's "class conscious honky tonk" band, Croy and the Boys.

Put A Record On: Neotrad and Disco Country and Other Trends We Love

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. Reminder to mark your calendars for another edition of

Can "I Like Everything But Country Music" Finally Die?

As I've watched Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" break record after record - now topping Taylor Swift for most weeks by a country woman at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 - I've started to get a little angry. Not at

Put a Record On: Country's Not Always...Dry 🍆

If you follow this newsletter, you know that we love when country music gets a little dirty, especially as a genre that has a reputation for keeping things sterile when it comes to singing about sex (there's like 5,000 songs written by popular men in the genre

Sunny War: The DRTI Interview

I'm a broken record in this newsletter sometimes, but some things are worth repeating: as much as everything is on fire, people persist in making wonderful art that diverts, inspires and provokes — just as they continue to do work to push for better even when it feels overwhelmingly

Put A Record On: Ballads and Hooks Galore

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 Blackbirding, Queen Esther: A fixture of the