Spotlight On: MARISSA R. MOSS

ABOUT THIS WEEK’S SHERO IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

This week, I’m excited to bring you our first SHEROES conversation with a non-musician. Marissa R. Moss is an award-winning music journalist who has long covered the topic of gender inequality on the airwaves for Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, NPR and many more. This year, she put out an important new book titled Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be. The book focuses on the careers of three big stars—Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, and Kacey Musgraves—while weaving together the story of the past two decades in country music, and how it became one of the most overtly sexist genres in the music industry. Marissa R. Moss is this week’s SHERO In The Spotlight.

Our playlist includes new music from Joy Oladokun, Plains, and U.S. Girls.

SHERO BIRTHDAYS: We celebrate the birthday of SHERO icon Kate Bush on 7/30, and Yola on 7/31!

This week’s Radio SHERO: Kari Hedlund of KAXE/KBXE Northern Minnesota Public Radio joins us to share a track from The A’s called “He Needs Me.”