Shauna Castorena is an independent publisher, essayist, and cultural commentator with over 20 years of digital editorial experience. Her work explores live music culture, ticketing economics, fandom, rural identity, memory, class, and the emotional relationship between people and music. She is the founder of multiple independent country music publications, including Country Music On Tour, and Country Music News Blog, with her more recent focus being on personal essays at WhiskeyChick.rocks.
Selected work
Writing In The Margins - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2024
The Rise of the Micro-Festival - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2016
Rocklahoma 2012 in Review: Day One - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2012
Drive South... - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2024
Sometimes You Need The Blues - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2025
In Defense of Miranda Lambert - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2023
Inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival Successfully Starts a New Red Dirt Family Tradition - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2021
Where Does Your "Healing Journey" End? - Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena
Shauna WhiskeyChick Castorena, 2025
Broadway in Nashville: A Dangerous Playground for Predators?
Country Music News | Country Music News Blog, 2025