<p><b>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.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A few years after her 1996 breakthrough album <em>Diary Of A Mod Housewife</em>, 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following on from her acclaimed debut <em>GIRL TO CITY—</em>where Amy fumbled her way to becoming an artist in late twentieth century NYC—<em>GIRL TO COUNTRY</em> depicts the tricky second act of a creative life, after the coming of age and first flash of achievement. Just like with her <em>GIRL TO CITY</em> podcast, each week Amy reads a chapter from her second memoir and adds some music.</p><p><br /></p><p>From one of America’s enduring underground artists known for her honest, kinetic songwriting, <em>Girl To Country</em> is a touching, clear-eyed journey full of unexpected detours. Come along for the ride. </p><p><br /></p>
Send us a text 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
Send us a text 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 co...