Don't Rock The Podcast, Episode 1: Amanda Shires

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