Diary Of Amy Rigby

A trip to Nashville and AmericanaFest feels almost like coming home. Includes a new song

Storage space reverie... This one cried out for the Lenny Kaye song I recorded for Little Fugitive, "The Things You Leave Behind"  Thanks for listening!

They say a change will do you good I love talking to strangers...being in England...taking it easy. Sorry for the occasional pops on here, without my usual set-up for recording. The music is a little bit of a demo "Life Is Change". Thanks for listening!

I wrote this in my journal a few days after my dad Philip McMahon died. Writing is one way to begin processing this inevitable but epic loss at least a little bit. I read it at his funeral. I also wrote this song. A friend asked if we were going to play any music at the funeral and that led to me scribbling down these words and trying to come up with a suitably Irish melody. If my dad's in th...

Sweating, drowning and...waving - waiting for summer to start, really start. Includes a rough beginning of a new song, as referenced in the story. Thanks for listening!

Gigs are what life makes them. We lost our dear music friend Scott Schinder two weeks ago. He wrote about music and shared what he loved. He and I saw so many shows together. This one's for him. Live audience recording of Here's Where You Belong, thanks to Henry Laura 

Travel with my husband Eric can be entertaining. And does a rental car make the couple? I cover a song I shouldn't have dared, it was  fun!

Going west and then east, thankful to be traveling. Couldn't resist this cover to end the show.

Doing what we always do isn't second nature anymore... Thanks for listening! The song I included here seems to be having a moment right now.  Apologies to the other A & E !

Owning up to being female, live Everything Is Fine podcast event and...shoes Songs in this episode -Invisible from Middlescence - WTICBIYS from A One Way Ticket To My Life (80s/90s 4 track demos)

Going to see Magnetic Fields makes me fall in love with the live music experience all over again. Sitting at the kids table. Feeling protective. I felt so inspired and learned & recorded a fave MF composition for this. Thanks for listening!

Being where you are... Festival billing and getting on with stuff. Includes a cover of a Traveling Wilburys song I always dig when it comes up on long drives. I'm no Jeff Lynne but it was fun to have a go!

Have you been watching Daisy Jones and the Six? It's great fun to dream about swilling champagne in the recording studio - the reality is often a lot more mundane. (A) pot on the porch is as crazy as it gets around here. With apologies to CS&N!

Glad to be working a little, just a little glad to be working. Includes a snippet of a difficult song I'm trying to learn. It may take a while! Thanks for listening.

A visit from a toddler. Learning life skills never stops - and where did those waffle irons go? This episode includes a bit of a rough demo for a song I wrote called Kid Again. Thanks for listening!

The benefits of sticking to it... A good time in Florida No extra music this time - I am really trying to get the second draft of my book finished so a little pushed! Hope you enjoy this episode.

Internal monologue as I get ready to fly down to Florida. Lucky to be going!  Trying to make the most of this thing called life.  I include a song I wrote on the plane three years ago flying back home....

Dressing for the long game. I try to find clothes for Eric's daughter's wedding and realize that as the years add up we're just lucky to be around for the celebrations. Musical bit here in tribute to a recently departed genius of song...

Time change and times change: Joyce; Sally, Frank & Emma...and Dad. Track in this episode Not Dark Yet 

A short tale about keeping the fantasy alive. Includes a demo of a new song Gimme Bangs Thanks for listening!

Wanting to be real, and good - and maybe to hug a tree...with the great Stevie Nicks as guide. Songs in this episode: Invisible & a snippet of Sorcerer (Stevie cover)

Dad, and dealing with dementia. Writing and music are the only ways I can make sense of any of this right now. Hope maybe this helps someone else to deal. Music inspiration from Mississippi John Hurt

"...and I think my spaceship knows which way to go." Sometimes a trip to Manhattan and some good old classic rock is what it takes to make it through. Traffic, and Traffic. Music in this episode - you get one guess.

Dropping some of the heavy weight of stuff I've been carrying around forever. Should be easy to get rid of most of it...right? Heard this JJ Cale song when I was thinking about archives and career ephemera and it felt just perfect.

Vanity, tragedy and everything in between. Prayers to St. Anthony. Worked in a new song demo (spot the Spinal Tap reference). Shout out to my invisible friends Kim and Jenn at Everything is Fine podcast.