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 the Don't Rock The Inbox Book Club!! On Wednesday, April 8th at 7:30 p.m. CT, we'll be hosting a Zoom discussion of Alice Gerrard's memoir, Custom Made Woman: A Life In Traditional Music, for paying subscribers (subscribe here!).

All Don't Rock The Inbox readers can purchase a copy of Gerrard's book for 30% off from the UNC Press website with discount code 01SOCIAL30!! Thank you UNC Press, so excited to dig into this one! [Also, if you happen to be in Knoxville this weekend, Gerrard will be performing for free (!!) as part of an extremely cool-looking festival called "A Celebration of Women in Old-Time Music."]

The Good

"Yard Sale," Ashland Craft, Mae Estes and Ashley McBryde: This one is pretty objectively awesome — great voices, great production, fun hooky songwriting. I have a qualm though: why does every woman singer today have to do a song about hosting a garage sale for their exes belongings? I have heard at least four or five of them within the past few years, and it feels oddly niche to become a country cliché. — NW

“Six O’Clock News,” Brennan Wedl featuring Waxahatchee: File under Marissa-core Waxacountree! - MM

"Bottle Tells Me So," Ashley McBryde: Speaking of Ashley McBryde, a heartbreaking, vulnerable ballad from one of Nashville's best singers. Always here for a drinking song that actually speaks to…the realities of drinking. — NW