An award-winning journalist, Marissa R. Moss has written about the topic of gender inequality on the country airwaves for outlets like Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. Moss was the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, and the 2019 Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Best Music Reporter. She has been a guest on The TODAY Show, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Morning Show, NPRs Weekend Edition, WPLN, the Pop Literacy Podcast, and more.
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Moss delivers a masterclass on the startling inequities in country music, introducing us to the modern-day pioneers, the rebels, the risk takers, the marginalised, and the misfits. BRANDI CARLILE
[Moss] examines the past two decades of country music through the distinct careers of Guyton, Musgraves and Morris - exploring how women, queer people and people of colour have charted space for themselves in an industry that was never built for them. THE WASHINGTON POST
I cant think of a better person to be leading this much-needed conversation than Marissa R. Moss. LEANN RIMES
Moss goes deep into the archives and shares the often tumultuous journey of countless women trying to pursue a music career in the male-dominated industry. Her Country is an eye-opening account of the gender bias...[and] Moss unpacks each singers story with precise detail and often harrowing accounts of sexism and racism. FORBES
Excellent highlight of the women who have paved the way for this genre. ORVILLE PECK
[Moss] deftly makes a case for, among other critical changes, country musics urgent need to embrace diversity...[and examines] the misogyny, inequity and racism embedded with the country music power structure. DALLAS OBSERVER
Humorous, heartfelt, and supremely captivating KIRKUS REVIEWS