UPCOMING SHOWS
CANCELED: Tom Russell
April 27, 2020
Canceled due to Covid-19
Amy Rigby
May 12, 2020
8:00 PM - $25 / $20
Amy Rigby has made a life out of writing and singing about life. With bands Last Roundup and The Shams in ’80s NYC East Village to her solo debut Diary Of A Mod Housewife out of ’90s Williamsburg; through a songwriting career in ’00s Nashville and during the past decade with duo partner Wreckless Eric, she’s released records on visionary independent labels Rounder, Matador, Signature Sounds, and reborn Stiff Records, as well as her and Eric’s own Southern Domestic Recordings. The Old Guys, her first solo album in a dozen years, measures the weight of heroes, home, family, friends, and time. Philip Roth and Bob Dylan, CD/cassette players, touring, the wisdom of age and Walter White, groupies, Robert Altman, egg creams, and mentors are paid tribute. 12 songs written by Amy and recorded by Wreckless Eric in upstate New York, The Old Guys is the sound of a good girl grown up, never giving up.
Amy has also recently published a new book, Girl to City, which follows her progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult singer-songwriter who caused a sensation with 1996 debut solo album Diary Of A Mod Housewife.
Set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and bands, through love affairs, temp jobs and motherhood, Girl to Citydescribes the screw-ups and charmed moments it took for a girl in the crowd at CBGB to pick up a guitar and sing her truth on stage, creating an identity as an artist back when female musician role models were still rare. For anyone who ever imagined trying to make a life out of what they love.