In the Press

2025

• Eggleston, Jennifer. 2025. “Female Country Artists Get Just 8.4% of Radio Play in 2024, Study Reveals.” Country 103.7, 4 June.
• Crumpton, Taylor. 2025. “Beyoncé Shifted Country Music, But She Cannot Save the Industry.” autostraddle, 27 May.
• van Soest, Sophie. 2025. “Tami Neilson Tells us Why ‘The F Word’ is More than a Gig — it Tackles Country Music’s Big Problem.” Rova, 4 March.
• Williams, Andrea. 2025. “Ten Years After ‘Tomato-Gate,’ White Women Have Failed to Change Country Music.” Tennessean, 27 February.
• Galopin, Alice. 2025. “Grammy Awards: on vous présente les popstars Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX et Chappell Roan, qui ont décroché des nominations à tour de ‘brat’.” France Info, 2 février.

2024

• Interview with Preston Mulligan for Maritime Noon (CBC – Halifax), “Phone-in with Brett Kissel about the growing popularity of country music,” October 18, 2018 [12:38-53:03].
• Rousseau, Marie-Lise. 2024. “Nouveau country, nouveau public.” L’actualité, 30 Octobre.
• Ward, Dennis. 2024. “Representation of Indigenous Women Canadian Country Music Industry ‘Abysmal’ Says Singer-Songwriter.” APTN NEWS, 8 October.
• Wheeler, Brad. 2024. “Rapper Haviah Mighty co-hosts Billboard Canada’s Inaugural Billboard Women in Music Gala.” The Globe and Mail, 4 September.
• Dector, Rosie Long. 2024. “Announcing Billboard Canada Women in Music’s 2024 Honourees.” Billboard Canada, 3 September.
• Rangel, Leslie. 2024. “Country Musicians of Color are Seizing the Moment Beyoncé Gave ‘Em.” The Barbed Wire, 28 August.
• iHeart. 2024. “Study Finds Female Musicians are Underrepresented on Canadian Radio.” iHeartRadio, 4 June 2024.
• Gordon, Holly. 2024. “Women have been Underplayed on Canadian Radio for Last Decade, New Study Shows.” CBC, 3 June.
• Lapierre, Megan. 2024. “Music by Women Vastly Underrepresented on Canadian Radio.” Exclaim, 3 June.
• Friend, David. 2024. “Female Musicians Underrepresented on Canadian Radio Playlists: Study.” Toronto Star, 3 June. Published in La Presse on 3 June 2024: « Les artistes féminines sous-représentées dans les listes d’écoute des radios canadiennes. »
• Victorian, Brande. 2024. “Mickey Guyton: Intentional Consumerism of Black Country Music is Needed Beyond Beyoncé.” Essence, 26 April.
• Hamilton, Gary Gerard. 2024. “Beyoncé is Bringing her Fans of Color to Country Music. Will They Be Welcomed In?” Associated Press, 15 April.
• Austin, Nefertiti. 2024. “‘I ain’t No Regular Singer, Now Come Get Everytin’ You Came For’: How Beyoncé Reclaimed Country Music,” Vibe, 6 April.
• McGovern, Nuala. “Women in Country Music,” BBC Women’s Hour, 1 April.
• Ebert, Chaz. 2024. “Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music,” rogerebert.com, 31 March.
• Sherman, Maria. 2024. “Music Review: Beyoncé’s Epic ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’ defies categorization, redefines American Style,” Associated Press, 29 March.
• Daykin, James. 2024. “‘What is Country Music?’ asks Rissi Palmer on a special ‘Color Me Country’,” Entertainment Focus, 21 March.
• Yahr, Emily. 2024. “Beyoncé Has a Country Hit. How Will Country Handle That?” Washington Post, 17 March.
• Walker, Allegra. 2024. “Beyoncé is Redirecting Country Music to its Black Roots,” Study Breaks, 4 March.
• Mansfield, Brian. 2024. “For CRS Panel, Diversity Means Goes Deeper Than Beyoncé.” Country Insider, 4 March.
• Unknown. 2024. “Can Beyoncé Save Country Music’s Reputation?” The Culture Newspaper, 3 March.
• Jefferson, J’Na. 2024. “Black Women Have Always Been in Country Music, You Just Haven’t Been Looking Hard Enough.” Uproot, 1 March. [Shared via Black News.]
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2024. “Beyoncé’s Country Pivot with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ a Hot Topic During Country Radio Seminar,” Billboard, 1 March.
• CNN. 2024. “Rissi Palmer discusses Beyonce and Black Women in Country Music,” CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip, 19 February. [Transcript available.]
• Martinez, Amanda Marie. 2024. “Beyoncé is Getting Played on Country Radio. Could her Success Help Other Black Women?” NPR, 17 February.
• Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. 2024. “How Beyoncé Changed the Country Music Conversation,” CBC’s Commotion, 16 February.
• Thompson, Erica. 2024. “US 99 Joins Small Group of Country Stations Playing Beyoncé’s New Music,” Chicago Sun Times, 15 February.Thompson, Eliza. 2024. “Oklahoma Radio Station Plays Beyoncé’s New Country Songs After Backlash from Fans,” US Weekly, 14 February.
  
  2023

• Newman, Melinda, and Jessica Nicholson. 2023. “Country Music Remains Tough for Women. These Artists are Finding Alternative Paths to Success.” Billboard, 15 December.
• Kaplan, Ilana. 2023. “Maren Morris is Leaving the ‘Toxic’ Parts of Country. What Does That Mean for Women in the Genre?” Elle, 29 November.
• Black, Jo. 2023. “Female Artists Absent in Mediabase Country Airplay Top 20 for Second Consecutive Week.” Country Now, 29 November.
• Brennan, Kate. 2023. “Tracy Chapman Becomes First Black Songwriter to Win CMA’s Song of the Year.” The Story Exchange, 9 November.
• Dorion, Desiree. 2023. Interview for Global Winnipeg (CKND), 3 November.
• Blackwelder, Carson. 2023. “Latino Country Artists are Expanding the Genre While Honoring their Roots.” Good Morning America, 13 October. [view video]
• Lerner, Haley. 2023. “Black Opry, a country music collective, creates community among Black musicians.” WBGH, 8 August.
• Simon, Scott, and Ryan Benk. 2023. “Black Opry founder Holly G. is Fighting for Black Country Music to be Recognized.” NPR, 22 July.
• CNN. 2023. “Chart-Topping Cover of ‘Fast Car’ Helps Tracy Chapman Make Country Music History.” CNN, 16 July.
• Yahr, Emily. 2023. “Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs and the Complicated Response to ‘Fast Car’.” Washington Post, 13 July.
• Dundon, Luke Siddham. 2023. “Why Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ is Making Country Music History.” Radio National, 9 July.
• Roland, Tom. 2023. “Song Suffragettes Grow Beyond Nashville as it Looks to Get More Female Voices Heart.” Billboard, 30 May.
• Roland, Tom. 2023. “Female Kickstarter Song Suffragettes Grows its Brand as a Consequential Showcase.” Billboard Country Update, 26 May.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2023. “Issue #8: No Two Ladies Back to Back!” Don’t Rock the Inbox, 23 May.
• Wynn, Ron. 2023. “Black Women Country Artists: A Look to the Future.” The Tennessee Tribune, 26 January.
  
  2022

• Neilson, Tami. 2022. “Queen of country music, Tami Neilson,” interview with Radio New Zealand, 11 October.
• Burke, Sarah. 2022. “2022 CCMAs: Women in Country Music Panel.” Women in Media (live panel discussion hosted by Sarah Burke ). This panel took place on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at CCMA week, and aired on Women in Media podcast on Monday, September 12, 2022.
• Glusac, Elaine. 2022. “Making the Rounds on Nashville’s Singer-Songwriter Circuit.” New York Times, 25 August.
• Darden, Jenée. 2022. “Black Opry Revue Helps Reestablish the Black Community’s Connection to Country Music.” Shondaland, August 11.
• Nashville Public Television. 2022. “Unapologetically Black Country: The Black Opry.” Part of the Country Music: A Nashville Story series of PBS for the Arts. Released 19 July.
• Willman, Chris. 2022. “CMT’s Leslie Fram Leads the Charge to Bring Women Back Out of Country Music’s Margins.” Variety’s Strictly Business podcast, 6 July. Listen to podcast episode.
• Willman, Chris. 2022. “Black Music Action Coalition Issues Damning Report on Country Music’s Scant Black Representation.” Variety, 17 June.
• Araba, Anatola. 2022. “Mickey Guyton is the Future of Country Music.” Elle, 13 June.
• Good, Hannah. 2022. “15 Country Songs by Women Everyone Should Know, According to an Expert.” The Washington Post, 10 May.
• Small, Alan. 2022. “It’s Not All Fun and Games for Manitoba Country Musician: Desiree Doiron Would Like to See More Indigenous Artists Get Radio Airplay.” Winnipeg Free News, 16 April.
• Liebig, Lorie. 2022. “New Documentary Spotlights Black Artists Staking Their Rightful Claim in Country Music.” The Boot, 15 March.
• Yahr, Emily. 2022. “Black Artists Have Been Sidelined in Country Music for Decades. The Black Opry is Here to Change That.” The Washington Post, 9 February.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2022. “Apple Music Country Radio unzips terrestrial radio’s ‘straight jacket’.” The Tennessean, 2 February. 
• Lents, Braydyn. 2022. “Black Voices: Black Country Artists Increasingly Break Barriers, Gain Popularity.” Indiana Daily Student, 21 January.
  
  2021

• Cottom, Tressie McMillan. 2021. “The Black Vanguard in White Utopias.” The Undefeated, 31 December.
• Bohn, Isabelle. 2021. “Country Music is Seemingly Changing for the Better but Radio Stations are Stuck in the Past.” The Tennessean, 30 December.
• Sheppard, Elena. 2021. “Morgan Wallen’s Country Music Redemption Arc is a Sad Sign of the Times.” NBC Think, 6 December.
• BBC. 2021. “Changing Country Music,” BBC Sounds (documentary), 27 November.
• Roland, Tom. 2021. “The CMA Awards Ballot Shows Country’s Interest in Equity – How Long Will It Last?” Billboard Country Update, 8 November.
• Goldstein, Tiffany. 2021. “12 Rising Female Stars Making Waves in Country Music.” Music Mayhem, 18 October.
• Vox Media. 2021. “Country Music.” Episode of Netflix documentary series Explained. Produced by Elizabeth Rowley.
• Wilson, Carl. 2021. “Country Music Needs Mickey Guyton More Than She Needs Country Music.” Slate, 30 September.
• Cholst, R. (2021). “Building a Bigger Table: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at AmericanaFest.” The Boot, 20 September.
• Paulson, Dave. 2021. “‘We Risked It All’: Country Music’s Black Voices are Striving to Be Heart.” The Tennessean, 24 September.
• Barker, James. 2021. “CMA Nominations 2021: Don’t Pretend the Deck’s Not Stacked.” CountryQueer, August.
• Caza, Pierre-Etienne. 2021. « À l’écoute des femmes en musique.» Actualités UQAM, 31 August.
• Barker, James. 2021. “CMA Awards Nominations Are Open. Time to Walk the Walk.” CountryQueer, August.
• D’orjay the Singing Shaman. 2021. “Why Did I, a Black & Queer Woman, Choose Country Music.” Canadian Musician, 27 July.
• Unknown. 2021. “Morgan Wallen is Back After N-Word Scandal – Has he Changed?” The Boot, 24 July.
• Lee, Veronica. 2021. “Numbers Don’t Lie: Lilli Lewis Talks Black Presence In Americana.” Off Beat, 8 July.
• D’orjay the Singing Shaman. 2021. “Pride Month Conversation Series Episode 4 | With Stephen Krajinovic & D’orjay The Singing Shaman.” 23 June.
• Nawaz, Amna, and Gretchen Frazee. 2021. “Long Excluded from Country Music, Black Women are Finally Breaking Through.” PBS News Hour, 15 April.
• Frazee, Gretchen. 2021. “How These Black Women are Reshaping Country Music.” PBS News Hour, 15 April.
• Fox, Rebecca. 2021. “Country Music a Fight for Women.” Otago Daily Times, 1 April.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Black and Multiracial Bro-Country Stars are Paving the Way.” Nashville Scene, 25 March.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Solomon Burke: The Country Star?” Holler, 23 March.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Last Week Was the Greatest Black Week in Country Music History.” The Medium, 19 March.
• Stefano, Angela. 2021. “Study: Artists of Color Still Vastly Underrepresented in Country Music.” The Boot, 12 March.
• Rodman, Sarah. 2021. “Black, Female and Carving out Their Own Path in Country Music.” New York Times, 17 February.
• Hughes, Charles. 2021. “Three Lessons to Learn from to Learn from Morgan Wallen’s Racial Reckoning.” Slate, 13 February.
• Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. 2021. “If Morgan Wallen’s Racism Won’t Bring a Reckoning to Country, What Will?” BuzzFeed News, 8 February.
  
  2020

• Moss, Marissa. 2020. “The O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack Turns 20.” Stereogum, 4 December.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “How Kalie Shorr Went From Independent Artist To Signing A Record Deal In A Pandemic.” Forbes, 30 November.
• Fitzpatrick, Hayley. 2020. “Women in Country Music Talk Pushing for More Representation and Diversity in the Genre.” Good Morning America, 10 November.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “Can Taylor Swift’s ‘betty’ Help Country Radio’s Gender Imbalance?” Sounds Like Nashville, 17 August.
• Lyle, Ashley. 2020. “Mickey Guyton’s Hard-Earned Breakthrough.” Hits Daily Double, 4 August.
• Neilson, Tami. 2020. “Basic Folk Podcast: Tami Neilson.” FolkAlley.com, 3 August. [In conversation with Basic Folk’s Cindy Howes, Neilson speaks about SongData’s research in her discussion about inclusion and diversity in country music.]
• Keefe, Jonathan. 2020. “Review: The Chicks’s Gaslighter is a Defiant Act of Rebranding.” Slant, 13 July.
• Guyton, Mickey. 2020. “A conversation with country star Mickey Guyton.” NPR 1A, 2 July. [In conversation with 1A‘s Celeste Headlee, Guyton cites SongData’s research in her discussion of the gender disparity on country radio.]
• Mazonowicz, Max. “‘I sometimes throw on a wig that I had custom made by a drag queen in the States who does a lot of the wigs for RuPaul’s Drag Race’ We Chat with Tami Neilson.’ The Digital Fix, 11 May.
• Hight, Jewly. 2020. “Is Country Music Finally Ready for Mickey Guyton?” Los Angeles Times, 9 April.
• Easton, Steacy. 2020. “Why Can’t Women Catch a Break in Nashville These Days?” City Pages, 30 March.
• InsideRadio. 2020. “For The First Time In Seven Years, Three Female Country Artists Make Top 10.” Inside Radio, 18 March.
• Willman, Chris. 2020. “Country Radio has Three Women in Top 10 for First Time in Seven Years.” Variety, 16 March.
• Shewfelt, Raechal. 2020. “Jennifer Nettles on ‘Extreme’ Gender Imbalance in Country Music: ‘I don’t Think This Will be Able to Last Much Longer’.” Yahoo.com, 6 March.
• Johns, Nikara. 2020. “Jennifer Nettles Rips Into Patriarchy, Talks That ‘Equal Play’ Pantsuit & Using Fashion for Good.” Footwear News, 6 March.
• Cantwell, David. 2020. “No One is Writing Better Songs Than Brandy Clark Is.” The New Yorker, 6 March.
• Keel, Beverly. 2020. “Female Country Artists Deserve More Respect, Money and Airplay.” The Tennessean.
• Paulson, Ken. 2020. “Country music sexism: Women fight for equality on the airwaves, and country radio shrugs.” The Tennessean, 24 February.
• Liebeg, Lorie. 2020. “Carrie Underwood Says ‘Songwriters Aren’t Writing for Women,’ But She Understands Why.” The Boot, 21 February.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2020. “Women on Country Radio: Data Mixes With Lip Service at CRS 2020.” Rolling Stone Country, 21 February.
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2020. “CRS: Is 2020 The Year of the Female Artist?” Music Row News, 21 February.
• Newman, Melinda. 2020. “Programmers Suggest Ways to Get More Women onto Radio During Country Radio Seminar Panel.” Billboard Bulletin, 21 February, p. 4.
• Willman, Chris. 2020. “CMT Throws a Data Party to Prove Country Fans Want More Female Voices.” Variety, 20 February.
• Stefano, Angela. 2020. “Country Music’s Women Earning Only 10 Percent of Radio Airplay, Chart Spots, New Study Finds.” TheBoot, 19 February.
• Shelburne, Craig. 2020. “Research Shows Fans Would Welcome More Women on Radio.” CMT.com, 19 February.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “Next Steps For Gender Parity at Country Radio Discussed at CMT & Change the Conversation Event.” Billboard.com, 19 February.
• Advocacy. 2020. “How The AM-FM Act Can Close The Music Gender Gap.” Grammy.com, 19 February.
• Newman, Melinda. 2020. “Is the Tide Finally Turning for Women at Country Radio?” Billboard.com, 18 February.
• Hollabaugh, Lorie. 2020. “CMT Study Reveals 84% Of Listeners Want Equal Airplay For Female Artists.” Music Row News, 18 February.
• Hollabaugh, Lorie. 2020. “SongData Study Reveals Women’s Voices Are “Nearly Invisible” On Country Radio.” Music Row News, 18 February.
• Vaden, Monta. 2020. “Q&A: Fram Leads Equal Play.” Country Aircheck, 18 February (Issue 692), pp. 1, 7.
• Leimkuehler, Matthew. 2020. “Want to Hear More Women on the Radio? Most Listeners Do, says new poll.” The Tennessean, 18 February.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2020. “Maren Morris Hits No. 1 at Country Radio & A Study Shows that Women Want to Hear Women.” Refinery29, 18 February.
• Somvichian-Clausen, Austa. 2020. “Inside the Myth that Listeners don’t Want to Hear Female Singers.” TheHill, 18 February.
• Weaver, Jackson. 2020. “Stand by your man – and woman: Country music radio station pledges equal play.” CBC, 25 January.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2020. “How CMT’s Pledge to Play More Videos by Women Could Influence Country Radio.” Rolling Stone Country, 24 January.
• Stiernberg, Bonnie. 2020. “CMT Promises Gender Parity. Why Won’t Country Radio Do the Same?” InsideHook, 23 January.
• Jashinsky, Emily. 2020. “CMT Just Pledged To Play Male and Female Artists the Same, But Will it Matter?” The Federalist, 22 January.
• Bernheim, Lucie. 2020. “Equal Play: The Movement That Won’t Quiet Down Until Radio Listens.” NYCOUNTRYSWAG.COM, 21 January.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “CMT Pledges Equal Airplay For Female Artists.” Billboard, 21 January.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2020. “Kingston’s Pure Country Commits to Week of Equal Play.” Broadcast Dialogue, 20 January.
• Schwartz, Drew. 2020. “Inside Country Radio’s Hidden, Sexist Policies That Keep Female Artists Off the Air.” Vice.com, 17 January.
• Venman, Kate. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves Clapping Back At Sexist Country Radio Is So Important.” GOAT, 17 January.
• Hudak, Joseph. 2020. “Twang’s Up? Samantha Bee Explores Sexism in Country Music.” Rolling Stone Country, 16 January.
• Trageser, Stephen. 2020. “Margo Price Debuts ‘Stone Me,’ Talks Sexism in Country Music on Full Frontal.” Nashville Scene, 16 January.
• Wang, Stephanie. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves Calls Out Sexism in Country Radio.” Nylon.com, 16 January.
• Wynne, Kelly. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini Blast Country Radio Station for Saying it Can’t Play Two Female Artists in a Row.” Newsweek, 16 January.
• Bee, Samantha. 2020. “Sexism in Country Music.” Produced by Todd Bieber and Kim Burdges with Grace Leeson. Edited by Jesse Coane with graphics by Daniel Spenser. Featuring Amy Hoggart and Sasheer Zamata. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee on TBS, 16 January.
  
  2019

• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “New Study Finds That Things Keep Getting Worse for Women on Country Radio.” Wide Open Country, 11 December.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “New Study Reveals Worsening Gender Gap in Country Music Airplay.” Inside Radio, 10 December.
• Liptak, Carena. 2019. “Study: At All Times of Day, Country’s Women Find Themselves Crowded Out of Airplay.” TheBoot.com, 9 December.
• Reuter, Annie. 2019. “New Study Shows Staggering Imbalance of Gender Representation at Country Radio.” Billboard, 6 December.
• Neal, Jocelyn. 2019. “Five Myths About Country Music.” Washington Post, 27 November.
• Fowler, Jena. 2019. “Country Music Needs to do Better.” Her Campus, 20 November.
• Shewfelt, Raechal. 2019. “Jennifer Nettles calls for ‘equal play’ for women in country music with CMAs red carpet look.” Yahoo! News, 13 November.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2019. “Yes, Miranda Lambert Married A Hot Cop. She’s Also a Country Music Star.” Refinery29, 31 October.
• McDonnell, Brandy. 2019. “Interviews, photos and video: Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae talk about women in country music ahead of Tulsa tour stop.” The Oklahoman, 18 October.
• McDonnell, Brandy. 2019. “Carrie the torch: Carrie Underwood is lifting up fellow country music women Maddie & Tae and Runaway June on ‘Cry Pretty Tour 360’.” The Oklahoman, 18 October.
• Gerson, Jennifer. 2019. “Country music has a gender issue. Kacey Musgraves is the latest woman to be shut out.” the 19th, 15 October.
• Gender Avenger. 2019. “ACT NOW | Spotify, Country Music, and the Commission of Women Artists.” Gender Avenger, 4 October.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2019. “The Podcast: Four-Time CCMA Music Director of the Year Winner Amanda Kingsland.” Broadcast Dialogue, 27 September.
• Watters, Gemma. 2019. “Country’s New Supergroup ‘The Highwomen’ Unite to Make Way for Unsung Female Artists,” NPR, 15 September.
• Murtha, Tara. 2019. “The Highwomen are Revolutionizing Country Music (Opinion).” CNN, 13 September.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2019. “Study Finds Men Outplaying Women on Canadian Country Radio 8.7 to 1.” Broadcast Dialogue, 11 September.
• CBC Radio. 2019. “Why Don’t We Hear More Women on Country Radio?” CBC Radio q episode, 6 September. [Group of panelists discuss the findings of report on Canadian country format radio.]
• Johnston, Abby. 2019. “The Highwomen are the Superbly Talented, Feminist Supergroup Country Music Needs.” Texas Observer, 5 September.
• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “Women Don’t Want to Hear Women? Country Music History Proves Otherwise.” The Boots, 4 September.
• Weiner, Natalie. 2019. “Country Music is a Man’s World. The Highwomen Want to Change That.” The New York Times, 3 September.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “Female Country Artists Had Only Four No. 1’s in Past 19 Months.” InsideRadio, 5 August.
• Dredge, Stuart. 2019. “Flagship Country Streaming Playlists Outdo Radio for Diversity.” Music Ally, 5 August.
• Eggersten, Chris. 2019. “Female Artists Account for Just 21% of Songs on Billboard’s Country Airplay Charts: SongData Research Finds a ‘Significant Gender Imbalance’ in Country Radio.” Billboard, 2 August.
• Stilwell, Rachel. 2019. “Rachel Stilwell.” Storyophonic, 15 July. [In conversation with Storyophonic’s Dan Kimpel, Stilwell cites SongData’s research in her discussion of the impact of the Telecommunications Act on diversity in radio programming.]
• Brunner, Jeryl. 2019. “Trisha Yearwood Says Life is a ‘Sliding Scale. Everything is Not Always in Perfect Balance.” Parade, 12 July.
• Barnes, Hannah. 2019. “Kelleigh Bannen Says the State of Women in Country Music is ‘Really Wild’.” PopCulture.com, 2 July.
• Stimeling, Travis. 2019. “It’s Time to Stop Promoting the White, Working-Class Cliche of Country Music.” 100 Days in Appalachia, 1 July.
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Country Music’s Reckoning: Race and Gender, 2019-Style.” Pop Literacy, 25 June. [Pop Literacy‘s Jennifer Armstrong and Kimberly Potts discuss gender and racial inequity in country music with Moss.]
• Savage, Mark. 2019. “Maren Morris: Country Music Has A Problem with Sexuality.” BBC News, 12 June.
• Marissa, Moss. 2019. “One More Scoop of Vanilla: A New Proposal Looks to Loosen Radio Ownership Rules.” NPR, 7 June.
• Yahr, Emily. 2019. “Why Kacey Musgraves, Who Keeps Winning wards, Still Can’t Get a Country Radio Hit.” Washington Post, 6 June. [Reprinted in print editions of National Post, 12 June; “Radio Silence: Country Radio Stations Ignore Star,” The Ottawa Citizen, 18 June; “Country Star Gets No Respect From Radio,” The Vancouver Sun, 18 June.
• Erickson, Kevin. 2019. “Podcast #196 – The Campaign to Keep Local Radio Local.” Radio Survivor, 4 June. [Host Paul Riismandel discusses issues of localism and diversity in radio programming with Erickson, from Future of Music Coalition.]
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Banding Together: From Country and R&B to hip-hop and rock, female artists are taking their show on the road…together.” Entertainment Weekly, 31 May.
• Ward, Rachel. 2019. “The Sociology of Country Music Lyrics.” The Economist, 30 May.
• Houghton, Cillea. 2019. “Female Nashville Execs Speak out at ‘Women Who Rock’ Music Biz Event.” The Variety, 9 May.
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Sounds Like Country’s Future. So Why Has Nashville Snubbed It?” Los Angeles Times, 1 May.
• Brown, Harley. 2019. “Consolidation is Harming Diversity and Localism in Terrestrial Radio, According to New Report.” Billboard Biz, 30 April.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “Research Delves into Female-Male Artist Disparity on Country Radio.” Inside Radio, 29 April.
• Maddison, Katie. 2019. “Men Still Dominate Country Radio Airplay, Distressing Study Reveals.” Country Daily, 29 April.
• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “Even Country Radio’s Most-Played Women Struggle Compared to its Most-Played Men, Study Finds.” The Boot, 29 April.
• Radio Ink. 2019. “Study: Lack of Female Artists on Radio is Real.” Radio Ink, 29 April.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2019. “Want to Hear a Woman on Country Radio? You’ll Have to Sit Through 44 Songs by Men First.” Refinery29, 27 April.
• Hughes, William. 2019. “Study Reveals Shocking Result: Country Radio is Still Totally Dominated by Dudes.” AV/News, 26 April.
• Whitaker, Sterling. 2019. “New Study Reveals Nearly 10-to-1 Disparity Between Men and Women at Country Radio.” Taste of Country, 26 April.
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2019. “Spun Out: New Study Examines Drastic Decline in Female Artists on Country Radio.” MusicRow, 26 April.
• Brown, Harley. 2019. “Study Finds ‘Alarming’ Gender Representation on Country Radio.” Billboard, 26 April.
• Mercuri, Monica. 2019 “Reba McEntire’s ACM Award Criticism Speaks to Ongoing Issues for Female Country Artists.” Forbes, 8 April.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2019. “New Country Music Study Examines Scarcity of Women on Radio.” Rolling Stone Country, 5 April.
  
  2018

• Smith, Courtney E. 2018. “The Man Who Thinks Women in Country Music Are ‘Tomatoes’ Is At It Again.” Refinery29, July 8.