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Girl To Country: A Memoir

Author: Amy Rigby

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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 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. Just like with her GIRL TO CITY podcast, each week Amy reads a chapter from her second memoir and adds some music.


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. Come along for the ride. 


10 Episodes
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Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

2026-03-1017:34

Ups and downs of my first UK tour, back in the year 2000 Includes a clip of Wait Til I Get You Home from The Sugar Tree and a little interview snippet, from an archive recording of The Tom Morton Show on BBC Radio Scotland Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree (as of last week, this album is finally available to stream on Apple Music, Spotify, etc ) Thanks for listening!
Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

2026-03-0318:15

A music convention in Cleveland circa 2000 and the Beachland; summer in Nashville; love with a drummer Tracks in this episode 20 Questions and Give The Drummer Some from I've Got The World On A Broken String Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!
Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

2026-02-2120:01

Making an album in Nashville circa 2000 with a talented bunch of players; aiming for the heights but falling a little short with the cover photo shoot. Songs in this episode from The Sugar Tree You Better Stay Gone Let Me In A Little Bit Happy For You Rode Hard
Chapter Six

Chapter Six

2026-02-1423:57

Touring with Warren Zevon; Skeeter at the Opry; seeing in Y2K back in Brooklyn; getting it together to make a new album Songs in this episode: Reconsider Me live at The Space Hamden CT Everything's Different Now rough demo 1999Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree
Chapter Five

Chapter Five

2026-02-0727:08

The challenges of adjusting to Nashville 1999, and a few of the benefits too Songs in this episode: The Good Girls (from Diary of a Mod Housewife)Always With Me (from Little Fugitive)Rode Hard (from The Sugar Tree)Thanks for listening!
Chapter Four

Chapter Four

2026-01-1718:20

Leaving New York City for Nashville the hot summer of 1999 - can you say car trouble? Songs in this episode The Purgatory Principle - live recording circa `93, Faulkner Dylan Heinz & MeBargain Bin - original Last Roundup demo 1983As Is - MiddlescenceThanks for listening!
Chapter Three

Chapter Three

2026-01-0910:33

Love - a major inspiration and near-constant distraction. In the round at the Bluebird, oh lord I want to be in that number. Songs in this episode: Magicians demo Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!
Chapter Two

Chapter Two

2026-01-0321:55

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

Chapter One

2025-12-2612:06

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

Prologue

2025-12-1728:51

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 Presley. A few months later, OJ Simpson would be arrested for murder...Church sounded like it could be interest...
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