Marissa R. Moss
@marissarmoss.bsky.social
Journalist, mom, Nashvillian, etc. Wrote a book called HER COUNTRY for Holt. Writing one now for Hachette called I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD GIRL. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
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Marissa R. Moss
@marissarmoss.bsky.social
· Jul 24
How Tyler Childers Made the Most Visionary Country Album of the Year
He’s an arena-filling Nashville outsider who wrote a Black Lives Matter anthem and put a gay love story in a music video. Now, fresh off a pilgrimage to India, he's releasing his spiritual and artisti...
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new year new playlists! first picks of the year are live at DRTI www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
Put A Record On: New Year, Same Songs About Whiskey (But Good)
New year, new music - though yes, there are at least two songs with whiskey in the title. It's a country newsletter!
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January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
new year new playlists! first picks of the year are live at DRTI www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Don't Rock the Inbox 2026 Ins and Outs!
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spending my first day back at work being very productive (deleting 2,000 emails, forgetting to eat breakfast, counting the hours until I can get in bed & watch that Clare Danes show tangentially about her writers block anxiety that gives me anxiety about writing, taking a gummy to calm said anxiety)
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
spending my first day back at work being very productive (deleting 2,000 emails, forgetting to eat breakfast, counting the hours until I can get in bed & watch that Clare Danes show tangentially about her writers block anxiety that gives me anxiety about writing, taking a gummy to calm said anxiety)
For my last piece of 2025, I got to talk with Annie DiRusso for Rolling Stone, who is fun and funny as hell and made a fantastic debut album, Super Pedestrian, this year. Now I will go throw my phone into the Cumberland River, see you all in 2026....
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Gen Z Life Is Messy. Annie DiRusso Sings About How to Survive It
Annie DiRusso sings about iffy romantic decisions on her album 'Super Pedestrian,' a Gen Z survival guide.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For my last piece of 2025, I got to talk with Annie DiRusso for Rolling Stone, who is fun and funny as hell and made a fantastic debut album, Super Pedestrian, this year. Now I will go throw my phone into the Cumberland River, see you all in 2026....
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
so fun kibitzing about country music with Josh and @joeyblueclaw.bsky.social (he does, lo and behold, have a handle) on RS Nashville Now!
Jumped on @rollingstone.com's Nashville Now podcast with @marissarmoss.bsky.social and Joseph "No Handle" Hudak to talk about the year in americana, folk and country. We ran down our favorite albums, songs and trends ahead of Brian Dunne appearance. Here it is
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The Country Albums That Should Have Made Your 2025 Best List
Breaking down Rolling Stone's list of the best country and Americana albums of 2025, on a year-in-review episode of Nashville Now podcast.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
so fun kibitzing about country music with Josh and @joeyblueclaw.bsky.social (he does, lo and behold, have a handle) on RS Nashville Now!
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...
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The Best Country Albums & Songs of 2025, According to Us
Happy end of 2025 - we did it, everyone! Well, almost. This year, we were excited to once again partner with our friends at Stereogum to rundown our favorite albums of the year (with our favorite song...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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...
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the best christmas playlists are made by us Jews, just is what it is
today in the newsletter: a texas country xmas playlist :) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
Put A Record On: A Texas Country Christmas
For a Lone Star holiday :)
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December 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
the best christmas playlists are made by us Jews, just is what it is
kinda trick question because I consider Big Thief roots adjacent BUT try Ken Pomeroy
hahah ok i am just curious what you will say when i say double infinity by big thief
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
kinda trick question because I consider Big Thief roots adjacent BUT try Ken Pomeroy
If I could find the time something I would like to do would be to have folks send me their favorite song or album of the year (that is not country) and I will send them a country song or album that is just as exciting and good!! (still on my **everyone has missed a lot of good shit in country tip**)
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If I could find the time something I would like to do would be to have folks send me their favorite song or album of the year (that is not country) and I will send them a country song or album that is just as exciting and good!! (still on my **everyone has missed a lot of good shit in country tip**)
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yes i am blurbing with a literal newborn because #grindset if you would like to support my work please subscribe to www.dontrocktheinbox.com :)
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
yes i am blurbing with a literal newborn because #grindset if you would like to support my work please subscribe to www.dontrocktheinbox.com :)
"invited to join the Grand Ol Opry on the Joe Rogan Podcast" well ok I think I've seen enough of 2025 here
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"invited to join the Grand Ol Opry on the Joe Rogan Podcast" well ok I think I've seen enough of 2025 here
Though I wish he were making his DRTI debut under happier circumstances, I am so grateful to @jonnyauping.bsky.social for this beautiful Raul Malo remembrance on the newsletter today
truly honored that @marissarmoss.bsky.social and @natalieweiner.bsky.social let me be the first guest writer for Don’t Rock The Inbox and that they trusted me to memorialize Raul Malo, who i tried to find the words to describe www.dontrocktheinbox.com/remembering-...
Remembering Raul Malo
An homage to a legend of country and beyond.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Though I wish he were making his DRTI debut under happier circumstances, I am so grateful to @jonnyauping.bsky.social for this beautiful Raul Malo remembrance on the newsletter today
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in the meantime i wrote my own little poptimism screed www.dontrocktheinbox.com/poptimism-an...
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
in the meantime i wrote my own little poptimism screed www.dontrocktheinbox.com/poptimism-an...
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Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
not sure what made me think of this but remember when Keith Urban had a song called "Female" that was wild
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
not sure what made me think of this but remember when Keith Urban had a song called "Female" that was wild
fasted subscribin' I ever did subscribe!
i'm available for freelance work, bio writing, consulting, anything! for now going to start writing a newsletter over on substack
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December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
fasted subscribin' I ever did subscribe!
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Listening right now to the lovely Don White album that @natalieweiner.bsky.social spotlights in the newest Don't Rock The Inbox round-up. Every post brings at least 1 new reason - usually more! - why I'm glad to be a paid subscriber. Natalie and @marissarmoss.bsky.social do great work.
Put A Record On: Gettin' By, Gettin' Laid
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, ...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Listening right now to the lovely Don White album that @natalieweiner.bsky.social spotlights in the newest Don't Rock The Inbox round-up. Every post brings at least 1 new reason - usually more! - why I'm glad to be a paid subscriber. Natalie and @marissarmoss.bsky.social do great work.
much more I could add to this piece, too....would love someone to do a study of the amount of country music "allowed in" during republican vs. democrat presidencies. are certain pubs afraid of signaling "country" during the time of Trump? just things I think about late at night before the gummy hits
an addendum to @marissarmoss.bsky.social's piece from earlier this week - the thing where all the general music sites include the same alt country ish album bc they know the publicist www.dontrocktheinbox.com/im-the-probl...
I'm the Problem (With Your Year-End Lists)...and a sale!!
First off, we are having a rare holiday sale, for the meaningless day of Cyber Monday! In what I think is our biggest discount ever, we are offering 40% off annual subscriptions so you can gift yourse...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
much more I could add to this piece, too....would love someone to do a study of the amount of country music "allowed in" during republican vs. democrat presidencies. are certain pubs afraid of signaling "country" during the time of Trump? just things I think about late at night before the gummy hits
i have a fun game it's called "zack bryan lyric" or "line from olivia nuzzi's memoir"???
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
i have a fun game it's called "zack bryan lyric" or "line from olivia nuzzi's memoir"???
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if you send me a screenshot of your subscription receipt i will send you a link to my (not country) 8 hour funk/soul/r&b/jazz xmas playlist bsky.app/profile/nata...
wonderful monday surprise to get an nymag cosign for Don't Rock The Inbox via the inimitable @yaydylan.bsky.social!! perfect timing with our cyber monday sale - 40% off all week, $48 for a year of DRTI! nymag.com/strategist/a...
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
if you send me a screenshot of your subscription receipt i will send you a link to my (not country) 8 hour funk/soul/r&b/jazz xmas playlist bsky.app/profile/nata...
only three more away! sale is still cooking if anyone else is on the fence....
we're only 8 people away from 400 paid subs at Don't Rock the Inbox, a big milestone for us! no better time to subscribe to the finest country newsletter in all the land (i.e. when it is 40% off annual subs)
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December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
only three more away! sale is still cooking if anyone else is on the fence....