Amy Rigby

Girl To Country: A Memoir

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Broken-down vehicles. Premenopausal libido. A punk rock-loving teen to share the culture shock with. I don't think Hank done it this way. A few years after her 1996 breakthrough album Diary Of A Mod Housewife , singer/songwriter Amy Rigby is still figuring out who she is. Closing in on forty, a newly-divorced mom trying to tour, work temp jobs, and keep a car running, Amy is ready for a change. She trades her beloved NYC for Nashville, where she navigates music, men and motherhood to learn the hard way that outside validation is no substitute for self-belief. Following on from her acclaimed de...

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Amy Rigby

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Chapter Two 03.01.2026 21:55

A nice guy from Springfield... The road is long and the struggle is eternal 1998 - Still looking at Nashville and Making Middlescence A cat named James and a smart kid Songs in this episode: Snippet from Sleeping With The Moon recorded by Jay Joyce (unreleased) Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree

Chapter One 26.12.2025 12:06

NYC alternate side parking burnout; sophomore album second-guessing, and the siren song of late 20th century Nashville. Songs in this episode: Farmer's Daughter - Shams rehearsal tape The Good Girls Rode Hard

Prologue 17.12.2025 28:51

New York singer songwriter Amy Rigby finds herself at a church service in Nashville. Thirty-five years old—uncomfortably close to being over the hill —she's exploring the possibility of a songwriting career while she tries to find someone to release her first solo album Diary Of A Mod Housewife . "It was 1994, the year Kurt Cobain killed himself and Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Pre...