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Sentence I never thought I'd say: I went to a CMA Fest Drag Brunch www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

First story as an RS staffer extremely on brand(i): a catch up with the Highwomen!

some personal news, as they say! couldn't be more excited to join this team of exceptional writers and editors ❤️

10/10 new song roundup today imo www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

this Juliens auction is insane but currently most fascinated by the jean shorts owned by Amy Winehouse that come with a cat toy in the pocket www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/223...

reupping for the afternoon set; please consider subscribing to drti if you haven't already, half our posts (including this one) are totally free

watch out natalie's DRTI summer playlist just dropped

So many fun looking books flying around BlueSky today! 📚#booksky (Also just came back around to Tanya Tucker’s Brandi Carlile produced album and it’s SO GOOD!!!)

a girl can dream (about being mediocre) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/when-will-wo...

anyway!! here are some good tunes www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

truly the best show, my all time favorite scene is where a morning show is interviewing the girls & asking these super personal questions about dating and their sex lives etc and then they cut to a preview of the next interview with a band of all men and go, "and now, we ask this band about MUSIC"

will i survive influencers having opinions about country music

This was the alternate subtitle of Her Country actually

did a little mom posting on don't rock the inbox today www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-mothering...

my 9 yr kid had the mandatory "gun safety" training today at school that for some reason we are not allowed to opt out of, and her takeaway from it was "well now everyone in class knows how to use a gun" great stuff guys

you gotta read @marissarmoss.bsky.social and @jonbern.bsky.social on justin townes earle www.dontrocktheinbox.com/what-do-you-...

Fascinating

in keeping with songwriter talk did a little schlitz post. writing about a brilliant writer like him makes me feel extra uneconomical and vague but oh well www.dontrocktheinbox.com/r-i-p-don-sc...

this is art @jonbern.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

some new favorites in today's song roundup: Kassi Ashton, Carly Pearce + River Shook in particular! www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

twitter ruined the act of posting funny things your kid says so I know you're not supposed to do that anymore but today in the car my daughter was listening to "skater boi" by Avril and pronounced that she thinks it's a country song and I'm sorry, that's just something I need to post

I'm running on fumes this week, so you get a treat: outtakes from my 2024 interview with Miranda Lambert. Subscribe to Don't Rock The Inbox for more like this (yes this gold is free!!!!) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/miranda-on-m...

moving over to Ghost was a pain in the ass and cost us subscribers but hey...worth it.

oh fucking hell

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

Went long on my own post today on Don't Rock the Inbox www.dontrocktheinbox.com/country-radi...

kacey's song about not getting laid has more adds on country radio than kid rocks and that's not nothing!

what other newsletter is giving you playlists that have john prine and sam hunt www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

yeah whole thing also manages to be a huge insult to Ella along the way

claiming that Ella is having success b/c of "her pleasantly inoffensive persona" is a total misread of how the careers of almost all women in country start. If country is going to have this "moment" - which it is - it deserves to be accurately contextualized! Ella, too. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

in this week's Don't Rock The Inbox, a long overdue with the wonderful Croy of Croy and the Boys!!! the second installment of our protest music series www.dontrocktheinbox.com/croy-and-the...

never 4get

YES exactly this - it's not just unapologetically country but archetypically country!!! a great way of putting it

today on the newsletter: Can "I Like Everything But Country Music" Finally Die?

I just think this is so fucking cool variety.com/2026/music/n...

We keep hoping to be peers and colleagues and friends. We keep hoping to be valued for who we are. We keep hoping that the men we admire deserve it.

i just think luke combs is such a delight and a breath of fresh air and this @marissarmoss.bsky.social profile is also all of those things www.gq.com/story/luke-c...

So excited to preview the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival with this interview with Sunny War, who was gracious, kind and really funny. Check it out in this week's Don't Rock The Inbox (and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already!) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/sunny-war-th...

Oh wow white men with beards arguing about who is more outlaw how fun and sexy and original

Me x Luke Combs x GQ

listen to the new Brit Taylor tomorrow. you're welcome

That's it, I'm starting a podcast called Man With a Podcast. I'm the host. Where's my funding.

disco country revival is what the world needs now and thank g-d it's happening www.dontrocktheinbox.com/is-2026-the-...

having a great time texting about JBS

Has anyone used the term “clutched their pearl snaps“ before because I just did and it might be perfect

see also: girlhood

I think that for some people to enjoy lyrics, they need to play into that "authentic white man playing acoustic guitar in woods" shit. maybe those are the people who maybe really need this album the most lol

oh yes, completely agree. it's fun as fuck (fuk)! I worry about people who don't get off listening to a band having a groovy ass time. are they OK