Reviewed the new Ella Langley album ‘Dandelion’ out today 💛 highwayqueens.com/2026/04/10/a...

She cut a fringe, got some eyelash glue to stick it down and the rest is chart history

Reviewed the new Ashley Monroe album ‘Dear Nashville’ ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/04/05/a...

Reviewed the great new album from Morgan Nagler of Whispertown ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/03/21/a...

Review of the new Brit Taylor album ‘Land of the Forgotten’ ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/03/08/a...

Happy international women’s day! Listen to women! ❤️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3Kc...

Thoughts on the new Mitski album ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/02/28/a...

Live review of the superb show from Courtney Marie Andrews 💜 highwayqueens.com/2026/02/26/l...

Review of the new Ratboys album! Bad name great songs 😂 highwayqueens.com/2026/02/19/a...

My live review of Florence and the Machine…also me trying to include as many Buffy references in a review as I possibly can highwayqueens.com/2026/02/10/l...

Review of the new EP by Meels ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/02/08/e...

Ok but who is playing Brandi Carlile because you know she has to be in this movie 😂

As predicated all the Americana artists who put themselves into the ‘Traditional Country’ category have lost out. Make it make sense

I’m with Her winning two Grammys is amazing! Even though they should be in the Americana category

Congratulations to Mavis Staples for her Grammy for her version of Kevin Morby’s ‘Beautiful Strangers’ ❤️❤️

Discussing tonight’s Grammys and the problem with the word ‘Americana’ on the newsletter this week plus discussing the new Lucinda album ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/highwayq...

Review of the timely new Lucinda Williams album ‘World’s Gone Wrong’ ❤️ so excited to see her play Celtic Connections tomorrow night ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/01/31/a...

If anyone still uses Facebook and would like to help my page get to 500 likes I would really appreciate it! 🩷 www.facebook.com/share/17sPLL...

Reviewed the new album ‘Magic Accident’ by Della Mae 🩷 it’s brightened up my January! 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2026/01/23/a...

As Dolly Parton turns 80 today, some news: I'm thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of my new book, "Dolly Parton: The Stories Behind the Songs," from the same publisher who brought you my books on Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, out in the US on August 11, 2026. www.amazon.com/Dolly-Parton...

Updated my Dolly book guide with a couple of new ones 💜 highwayqueens.com/2022/12/14/d...

Review of Emmylou on her farewell tour last night 😭❤️ highwayqueens.com/2026/01/17/l...

Shocked by this but guess I’m naive. Need to add ‘HQ does not charge for album reviews’ alongside my ‘HQ does not use AI’ disclaimer 😳

RIP Bob Weir - what a legend, gonna honour him by listening to the Dead today and for the rest of time ☮️💔 x

Sharing my excitement about seeing Emmylou this week!!! substack.com/@highwayquee...

Jenny Lewis married her dog for her 50th birthday 💕

Write a little about the book ‘Mood Music’ and the way streaming has changed my music consumption highwayqueens.com/2026/01/09/a...

Music to look forward to in 2026! highwayqueens.com/2026/01/03/m...

I once got to pick the videos on long defunct alternative music channel MTV2. It was fun. I picked Belly, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Blur, Manics, Beastie Boys and Jeff Buckley. MTV was so cool to me growing up. What’s everyone’s favourite music videos?

Made some blog resolutions for the new year - posting to keep myself accountable 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2026/01/02/b...

If you had a live music wishlist for 2026 what would be on it? Mine: - Legacy artists offering FREE concerts for longtime fans. - Price capped shows. - A billionaire gives money away to fund small venues and pay new artists - More residencies not in Vegas - More multi artist co headline tours

For the 3rd year in a row I've posted a rundown of other blogger's "Best of" lists instead of posting one of my own. I may have missed a couple of good ones so if you want to be added let me know.

Gift link: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Finished reading ‘Living in the Present with John Prine’ by Tom Piazza and just sobbed my heart out. What a beautiful tribute 💔😭 I think more music books should be love letters

Favs of the year all rounded up for you here in my wee newsletter! 💜 substack.com/@highwayquee...

Made a little playlist of great cover versions released this year - thanks for all suggestions ❤️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2BK...

My favourite albums of the year 🩷 let me know yours! 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2025/12/24/a...

My fav songs of the year 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2025/12/23/s...

It’s that time of year when I head over to the dark side. Let me know any songs you’ve hated this year so I don’t feel so bad 😏 highwayqueens.com/2025/12/22/m...

New Christmas songs just for you on my substack newsletter ❤️ 🎄 substack.com/@highwayquee...

What’s everyone’s favourite cover songs of the year? Women covering women particularly welcome!

Read this interesting book about lyric writing recommended by Gillian Welch - in it there was one useful writing exercise which I think all of us could benefit from. Read more about it on the blog ❤️ highwayqueens.com/2025/12/16/h...

We at Don't Rock the Inbox are pleased to present our best country songs and best country albums (in partnership with our friends at Stereogum) of 2025... www.dontrocktheinbox.com/the-best-cou...

Here’s my substack with new music recommendations for anyone still resisting Christmas tunes substack.com/@highwayquee...

Today for blogmas I’m writing about dealing with tinnitus/ hearing loss as a live music fan. If you have any experience of this please share 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2025/12/13/d...

Reviewed the new Juliana Hatfield album ‘Lightning Might Strike’ ⚡️ 🩷 highwayqueens.com/2025/12/12/a...

Noticed the trend lately when I search for interviews with artists I’m reviewing and everything is a video/podcast. Surely most music fans prefer to READ articles while listening to the music? Is it just me?

This is such a moving letter - RIP 💔

Compiling a list of women writing about music on Substack - artists, journalists, bloggers etc. Who do you love to read? Send me your links ❤️