About this Event
Join us for the launch event for ‘Girl To Country’ a new memoir from Indie American songwriting legend Amy Rigby in conversation with fellow rock memoirist & Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee, Kathy Valentine - plus a reading/performance and book signing.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
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 debut GIRL TO CITY, where Amy fumbled her way to becoming an artist in late twentieth century NYC, GIRL TO COUNTRY depicts the tricky second act of a creative life, after the coming of age and first flash of achievement. How do you keep doing the work you love into your forties and beyond in a game everyone told you was only for the young? What's the price for juggling parenthood with fulfilling your dreams? And how about love—will it knock you off balance or help you keep going?
From one of America's enduring underground artists known for her honest, kinetic songwriting, GIRL TO COUNTRY is a touching, clear-eyed journey full of unexpected detours.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Amy Rigby has established herself as one of America's enduring underground/cult/indie artists. She started bands Last Roundup and the Shams in NYC's East Village before launching a solo career with 1996 classic album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Her most recent album Hang In There With Me (Tapete, 2024) was called "…an absolute masterpiece, a career best" in Louder Than War. Rigby writes on Substack at Diary Of Amy Rigby. She's contributed essays to Dylan at 80 (Imprint Academic); The White Label Promo Preservation Society: 100 Flop Albums You Ought To Know (Hozac) and How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History (Harper Collins). Rigby's first book, GIRL TO CITY: A Memoir, was published in 2019. She and husband and sometime duet partner Wreckless Eric recently relocated from New York to Norfolk UK.
PRAISE FOR GIRL TO CITY:
“Rigby is a superb storyteller who demonstrates acute observational and confessional skills." —The Herald
"…crackles with sharp insights and perfectly chosen details." —Chicago Reader
"...an instant classic." —Big Takeover
"You can feel the distortion, smell the damp, see the clothes, hear the guitars." —Goldmine
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mother's Ruin Gin Palace, Shernhall Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 11.55 to GBP 33.22
