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Put A Record On: Prechoruses and Hooks and Bridges, Oh My
We love our hooks here at DRTI!
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A Nurse Who Served Veterans Was Killed. Where You At, Country Music?
I'm not going to lie to you, newsletter readers: it's hard to newsletter "normally" today, though, to be fair, I could almost say that about any day for the last near decade. Outside my window, the town is frozen. Somehow we currently have power,
Converting the Skeptics: A Curated Guide to Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley has always been an enigma - he can bust out the most country radio-friendly tune you have probably ever heard in your life (see: "Drunk on a Plane") but then he will show up at the CMA's flanked by Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, and
Third Stream Country, or Pop Country For Those Who Don't Listen to the Radio
Thinking about country music that doesn't fit (in a good way).
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Put A Record On: New Year, Same Songs About Whiskey (But Good)
New year, new music - though yes, there are at least two songs with whiskey in the title. It's a country newsletter!
The DRTI 2026 Country Ins and Outs
Hello readers - welcome to 2026, Happy New Year (are we still allowed to say that?) and thanks for allowing us a wee break to tend to our tired hearts and tiring children. If you missed our best of 2025 list, you can review that here, too. New year, same three
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Put A Record On: A Country Workout Playlist
A workout playlist by an extra special guest!
Courtney Marie Andrews Answers the the DRTI Proust-ish Questionnaire
A quick note to our community: we cannot thank you enough for reading and subscribing to our little country newsletter this year! We're very excited for what 2026 will bring, and hope that you will let us know in the comments what you hope to see more of
🗨 Don't Rock the Comments Section: Your 2025 Best-Ofs
Somehow we're already just about done with list season, and on the cusp of that blissful couple of weeks when time sort of collapses into a decadent holiday haze (unless you're working in retail or food service, in which case — I am so sorry, on behalf
The Best Country Albums & Songs of 2025, According to Us
Happy end of 2025 - we did it, everyone! Well, almost. This year, we were excited to once again partner with our friends at Stereogum to rundown our favorite albums of the year (with our favorite songs listed below as well). I think Natalie summed up everything expertly in her intro.
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Put A Record On: A Texas Country Christmas
For a Lone Star holiday :)
Remembering Raul Malo
An homage to a legend of country and beyond.