Spent the year with Whiskey Myers as they made Whomp Whack Thunder — out Friday — and chased one specific goal. It’s up @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

No Hippies & Cowboys this week. Listen to my chat with Bella Steiert on The Back Lounge Sessions instead. www.patreon.com/posts/back-l...

The All-Access Edition of @neversayneverbook.bsky.social has printed and will start shipping in roughly 10 days. It's got 16 pages dedicated to Ragweed, Turnpike, Shane Smith, Wade Bowen and American Aquarium in Waco (and 224 more pages) Order: backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/category/nev...

Dress like me! Get your "Shut Up and Read @marissarmoss.bsky.social " shirt through September 30 at The Back Lounge. All proceeds benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists. backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/shut...

Dress like me again! Get your Puff Piece shirt from now through September 30 at The Back Lounge. All proceeds benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists. backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/puff...

My last-day schedule at Americanafest is this: 1 pm — Team Wasserman party at Skinny Dennis 2-7 pm — (not part of the fest) NYC Day Party with Marley Hale, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and more, by Cafe Wha, Roberta's and me, at Urban Cowboy 9 pm-late — One more for the road somewhere tbd???

The people tossing the word "authentic" around country music right now were never ready for Leon Macjen. He's on Hippies & Cowboys this week and it's a fun one. www.patreon.com/posts/hippie...

Found @missmargoprice.bsky.social at a coffee shop in Portland, Maine, ostensibly to talk about Hard Headed Woman, but really it was about hard country, being gatekept, and being a voice for These Times (until I got high) It’s up at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Boys from Oklahoma series is going back to Boone Pickens Stadium on April 11. Cross Canadian Ragweed, Turnpike Troubadours, Wyatt Flores, Shane Smith and the Saints and The Great Divide are the 2026 lineup. Details at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Back Lounge members can enjoy my cell phone video of Cross Canadian Ragweed, Django Walker, Evan Felker and BJ Barham closing out The Boys From Oklahoma in Waco last night with a cover of LA Freeway. www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...

From Boys From Oklahoma: Cross Canadian Ragweed and Robert Earl Keen cover Charlie Robison's "My Hometown" www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...

Gearing up for tonight in Waco: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Turnpike Troubadours, Shane Smith & The Saints, Wade Bowen and American Aquarium. Wrapping up the All-Access edition of @neversayneverbook.bsky.social in the process. Get in on it: backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/neve...

New at The Back Lounge: Never Say Never's Final Chapter, and more Boys From Oklahoma plans: www.patreon.com/posts/never-...

Cody Canada joined Hippies & Cowboys this week ahead of Saturday's Boys From Oklahoma concert in Waco. We talked about Cross Canadian Ragweed's comeback, about the Waco setlist, and about music families (plus a $47 lobster roll is involved) www.patreon.com/posts/136791...

Wrote about S.G. Goodman, her latest record, mushrooms, Newport, and a lot more. It's up now at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Talked to the Eli Young Band about their latest record, about a return to independent music, and about what has and hasn't changed over the past 20 years. Story is up now at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Part II of The Soul Gravy Sessions with Cross Canadian Ragweed went up today on the Hippies & Cowboys Podcast. Come for Ragweed, stay for Garrett and I looking for reasons to love the Oklahoma City airport hotel corridor. www.patreon.com/posts/cross-...

Talked to Hayes Carll about his latest record — an intensely personal album that covers new ground for him — and it’s up now at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Guess I can just say "on the podcast" instead of prefacing that I host Hippies & Cowboys now Today we dropped the first part of The Soul Gravy Sessions, an unearthed recording from 2022 with Cody Canada discussing the Ragweed record. (And also our Bitin' Lists) www.patreon.com/posts/hippie...

I didn’t review Snipe Hunter I just wrote about each individual track and how it made me feel www.patreon.com/posts/how-do...

Talked to Cody Jinks about his latest record, and about not being a badass anymore, for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Today I recapped Jackalope Jamboree — with Shelby Stone, Dalton Domino, Tylor Ketchum, Adam Odor and Jason Scott and the High Heat featured. And Garrett and I speculated about Snipe Hunter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Ragweed in Fort Collins, for Back Lounge members www.patreon.com/posts/134707...

Back Lounge coverage plans from Ragweed at the Fort Collins PBR event: www.patreon.com/posts/good-m...

Bound for Fort Collins and Ragweed's show on Monday at the home of the Colorado State Rams, to start work on the last frontier of @neversayneverbook.bsky.social — the All-Access edition, out in late August. Order or share this with someone who may! backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/neve...

Went on the News9 Morning Show today in Oklahoma City to talk about @neversayneverbook.bsky.social www.news9.com/story/687286...

Started a roundup of benefits and donations to Texas flood relief for @rollingstone.com, including Robert Earl Keen's benefit www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Talked to Robert Earl Keen and Clara Keen about Camp Mystic, Kerrville, and advice for those seeking to help flood relief efforts @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I saw @vandoliers.bsky.social steal the show from a support slot last week at Jackalope Jamboree, and I saw the crowd shower Jenni Rose with roses as if she were a Broadway star I wrote about it for my site, The Back Lounge, and I made it free. Read and share plz www.patreon.com/posts/vandol...

Talked to Micky and the Motorcars about their new album and about 20-plus years as a band. It's up at @rollingstone.com now www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Jackalope Jamboree recap is up at the Back Lounge for members. Don't worry, there's a companion piece about one of the sets coming on Friday that'll be free for all. www.patreon.com/posts/festiv...

If you're at Jackalope Jamboree this week, come say hi to @jcrutchmer.bsky.social! I'll be at merch all weekend with copies of Red Dirt Unplugged AND Never Say Never, and introducing artists on the Queens Barn stage too. Plus, join me and Jason Scott Saturday for a conversation and song pre-party!

for more please see the work of @jcrutchmer.bsky.social :)

texas country radio is a specific thing; a little intro to the format in this week's newsletter open.substack.com/pub/dontrock...

Final special edition ahoy!

And if you already have @neversayneverbook.bsky.social but want the bonus chapter we will have that too! backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/neve...

The Limited All-Access edition of @neversayneverbook.bsky.social prints August 25 with a bonus 40-page chapter dedicated to Ragweed’s comeback shows in Stillwater, Ft Collins and Waco. backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/neve...

Cross Canadian Ragweed to replace Tim McGraw at the July 21 "Last Cowboy Standing" PBR event in Fort Collins, Colorado. Talked to the band and event organizers about it for @rollingstone.com rollingstone.com/music/music-...

My 30th book square for @neversayneverbook.bsky.social by @jcrutchmer.bsky.social - order your copy today and Rosalie and I will ship it to ya

LAST CALL! You have a couple more weeks to grab an "I Was There" edition of Never Say Never. The edition will be on sale through the end of June, so if you want one more Boys From Oklahoma souvenir, get your copy now! backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/neve...

The Kaitlin Butts Artist's Edition of Red Dirt Unplugged is available through Friday. Get your hands on your copy in this special print run! backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/red-...

Talked to Angel White for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

What the hell, let's put the Kaitlin Butts Artist's Edition of Red Dirt Unplugged back on sale for a few weeks too. backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/red-...

Talked to Kaitlin Butts about "You Ain't Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me)" for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

For everyone learning who Kaitlin Butts is for the first time after her viral fame this week, a great way to catch up is to read her story in Red Dirt Unplugged or to see the foreword she wrote for @neversayneverbook.bsky.social, and I wrote both of those backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com

I talked to Ken Pomeroy about her recent rise, her new album, the influence of her native heritage on her songwriting, and about her friendships with Sterlin Harjo and John Moreland, among other things, for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Announcing the Dick Tracy Edition of @neversayneverbook.bsky.social The Dick Tracy Edition: I did not *draw* a dick on your book, I *traced* a dick on your book [grosses $1 million in the presale alone]

We'll be hand-numbering AND hand-correcting the Night 3 FIRST-Run Editions. In the meantime, get your hands on the runs that have been more seasoned, more cooked, today neversayneverbook.com

Shipping has started! It's going to take a while to sign, pack, and ship — and some orders are still at the printer — but the fun part begins now! Get your hands on your copy, too! backloungepublishing.bigcartel.com