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Put A Record On: It's All Our Fault

Natalie Weiner, Marissa Moss

21 Nov 2025 — 3 min read

Image by Cedrick Jones

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The Good

"In Her Eyes (Act I, Scene 2)," Kashus Culpepper: Super powerful and haunting southern rock with a real vision (see the music video) and a killer breakdown at the end. Imagine this playing at CMA Awards next year...now that I would love to watch.- MM

It's All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes — a bunch of favorite artists paying homage to a a perennially underheralded country music pioneer. Summer Dean doing "Don't Talk To Me About Men," Amythyst Kiah doing "Goin' Away Party" — just so many winning moments. Some things never go out of style — like Cindy Walker songs.. — NW

Kelsea Ballerini & Carly Pearce: Can You Have It All in Country Music?

First off, thanks for all of you who joined me last week in the CMA chat post. Some of you gave the excellent feedback that you think we should consider a DRTI Discord - curious to hear what more of you think (Discord? Right here on the newsletter? Reddit? Whatever?

The DRTI CMA Live Chat & Predictions Forum

It's Country's Biggest Night! And like many of you, I'll be watching tonight's CMA Awards from the comfort of my couch. But it wouldn't be a CMA Awards if we didn't offer you up a safe comment section

Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.

When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always had rumblings like this: that John Prine

Put a Record On: An Instrumental Country Playlist for Writing (or whatever else you do)

As someone who listens to music all the time, and writes about music and musicians for a living, there is one curious time when I am extremely picky about what I listen to: when I am actually writing. And when I am in that deep work, ignore everything else and