Diary Of Amy Rigby

England, NYC, upstate...a little bit of this and that because sometimes the big things are just too big. Apologies to Dr. Hook...

Serendipity and hard life lessons - sometimes the teacher is there all along. An appreciation of a true star Ronnie Spector.  Buy Ronnie’s book Be My Baby at your local bookstore or order online through bookshop.org. Her story will make you laugh, wince, cry and remember why she is truly one of the greats – her voice! The postscript she wrote in November 2021 will lift and then break your heart. Y...

Looking for self-knowledge isn't the escape it used to be. Virtual appointments remind me of the old days when therapy meant furniture that didn't come off the street. Music in this episode:  So You Know Now from Little Fugitive Invisible from Middlescence

Going out west to visit my grown up daughter Hazel, I think about travel and getting older. How good it feels to see your kid doing good, how much I love Southern California. A fellow passenger's question on the way home gives me pause. With a bit of music inspired by Joni Mitchell's This Flight Tonight, which thanks to Hazel I found out was a hit for Nazareth? Never knew that. There&apo...

Traveling and family, regret and wondering who we musicians are on the road without a guitar. Invisible Tomorrow's All We've Got from A One Way Ticket To My Life

Funny how the mundane experiences inspire and remind us who and what we love. UK travel, tea and biscuits. Music in this episode: Invisible from Middlescence and Do You Remember That from A Working Museum by Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

Go on, treat yourself. Or should I? Every time a new year rolls around, I go through the same struggle: To splurge on a beautiful handprinted calendar or take what I'm given. What would you do? The Dolphin Studio is the home of the beautiful calendar. Music in this episode: Invisible Days 

Low-key holiday joy, music and a day at the bookstore/bar. Music in this episode: Invisible Shopping Around Waters of March by Susannah McCorkle 

I was hoping a pair of overalls would lead me in a new direction, but old ways are hard to shake, especially in challenging times. Tracks in this episode: Invisible Some of Shelly's Blues - Mike Nesmith cover

Trying to write (and swing) myself out of some darkness. Gigs, getting older; Margaret Renkl and (what else) a cameo by Bob Dylan. Songs in this episode: Invisible (theme music - from Middlescence ) You're Getting Old - early 90s demo from A One Way Ticket To My Life

I wrote and recorded the first half of this post/episode back in August, but it felt too effortfully "light" so I decided to shelve it. The second half came to me two weeks ago at a writing workshop in Michigan where I was instructor and student of some great poets and novelists.  I recorded a cover song to go with it. When places we don't even like become an important part of our l...

A hose is a hose is a hose... As promised, a more lighthearted episode. 

Sometimes it's all a little too much. Covid burnout, post-Ida angst; vertigo and...Dad.

A mysterious visitor; small town livin'; Nanci Griffith. Music in this episode Invisible from Middlescence a late-night version of Nanci's The Flyer (nb This is a late-night cover of Nanci Griffith's The Flyer...I originally did a version for the Nanci tribute Trouble In The Fields that Pete and Maura Kennedy put together - here just trying to capture a little of the moment in one o...

"I never thought I'd develop such a fondness for boats" and other thoughts on identity, ambition - and gravity. Songs in this episode: Intro music - Invisible from Middlescence Read the Room - unreleased demo, 2020

Manhattan miles, memories and hopes. This old girl's out, but her old man's in. Songs in this episode: Invisible (theme music) Dirty Bridge both from Middlescence

Am I eternally hopeful, or just a pushover? Learning to say no, one random encounter at a time. Music in this episode The Good Girls from Diary Of A Mod Housewife Invisible from Middlescence

Working hard or hardly working; a return to some kind of normal. Journey, George and the old broom knows all the corners.

Passing pandemic time in front of British tv shows Escape To The Country and the Hotel Inspector, I end up seeing too many scary parallels. Is it time to go back to work yet? Songs in this episode: Invisible from Middlescence You're Getting Old from A One Way Ticket To My Life

Dads and daughters; driveway moments and riding with Warren Zevon

Pandemic wedding anniversary; ghosts of past tours...burgers and ancient amplifiers - these are the things memories are made of.

Trying to keep up with the way we do things now can wear a person out... Music in this episode Invisible from Middlescence The Old Guys from The Old Guys

Book returns; poison ivy. Pay it forward and farewell to a friend. Looking back; trying to write a new book. Bongo therapy. Music in this episode from Middlescence : Invisible Ivory Tower

Elizabeth and Amy talk about assumptions. 

Tonight we're going to party on the Looking For The Magic podcast - Amy and  @paranoiacs Elizabeth Nelson will discuss the weird magic of birthday shows, wedding gigs gone wrong...join us live at 6:30 pm, working on your birthday is proof you're alive. Happy Birthday Amy!