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C86 Show - Indie PopAmy Rigby - The Shams and Last RoundupAmy Rigby in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.amyrigby.com/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-City-Memoir-Amy-Rigby
After playing with several New York bands she began a solo career, recording several albums which had only modest sales despite enthusiastic reviews. She settled into a career of touring while raising a daughter, then formed a duo with Wreckless Eric, whom she also married. As of November 2011 they continue to tour from a base in upstate New York. She is the author of a memoir, Girl to City.
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13th Floor MusicTalkHanging In There With Amy RigbyAmy Rigby has just release a new studio album. Its titled Hang In There With Me and it was made with her husband Wreckless Eric.The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Amy about making music post-covid, aging, Dylan, bangs and baseball. All the pressing topics of the day!2024-09-2418 min
The Partially Examined LifePEL Presents NEM#222: Amy Rigby's Nostalgic SimplicityAmy started out as an NYC punk fan, was in the "cow punk" band Last Roundup with her brother, and then in a vocal trio called The Shams that released an album and an EP around 1993. She finally emerged as a full front-person as a solo artist in 1997; she's since released nine solo albums plus three more with her husband Wreckless Eric, who now serves as her producer.
We discuss "Bricks" from Hang In There With Me (2024), "Genovese Bag" by Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric from A Working Museum (2012), and "Beer and Kisses" from Diary of a...2024-09-131h 15
Nakedly Examined Music PodcastNEM#222: Amy Rigby’s Nostalgic SimplicityAmy started out as an NYC punk fan, was in the "cow punk" band Last Roundup with her brother, and then in a vocal trio called The Shams that released an album and an EP around 1993. She finally emerged as a full front-person as a solo artist in 1997; she's since released nine solo albums plus three more with her husband Wreckless Eric, who now serves as her producer.
We discuss "Bricks" from Hang In There With Me (2024), "Genovese Bag" by Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric from A Working Museum (2012), and "Beer and Kisses" from Diary of a...2024-09-1000 min
Stereo Embers: The PodcastStereo Embers The Podcast 0398: Amy Rigby"Hang In There With Me"
If you're an artist, you either move West or you move East. In the case of the Pennsylvania-born Amy Rigby, she went east. Landing in New York in the late seventies, Rigby absorbed the music of the city and took assiduous notes about punk rock, indie scenesters and the rhythms of the age. I'm zipping through time here, but if you want to know about Rigby's New York years, read her fabulous memoir Girl To City, which I think is one of the best books about music ever written. She later married Will Rigby of...2024-08-281h 24
You, Me and An Album158. Amy Rigby Discusses Fountains of Wayne, self-titledSend us a textSinger-songwriter Amy Rigby (solo, The Shams, The Last Roundup) has had a longstanding admiration for the power-pop band Fountains of Wayne, and she joins Al to chat about the band’s self-titled debut album from 1996. Amy talks about how she got into Fountains of Wayne and what it is about their first album that makes it especially notable. She highlights some of her favorite songs from the album and discusses how well Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger integrated humor into their songwriting. Amy also delves into the making of her new album Hang In...2024-08-181h 14
Diary Of Amy RigbyDriveSend us a textA trip to Nashville and AmericanaFest feels almost like coming home.Includes a new song2023-10-0116 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyHold MeSend us a textStorage space reverie...This one cried out for the Lenny Kaye song I recorded for Little Fugitive, "The Things You Leave Behind" Thanks for listening!2023-08-3109 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyDay TripperSend us a textThey say a change will do you goodI love talking to strangers...being in England...taking it easy.Sorry for the occasional pops on here, without my usual set-up for recording. The music is a little bit of a demo "Life Is Change". Thanks for listening!2023-08-1809 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyAbout A BirdSend us a textI wrote this in my journal a few days after my dad Philip McMahon died. Writing is one way to begin processing this inevitable but epic loss at least a little bit. I read it at his funeral.I also wrote this song. A friend asked if we were going to play any music at the funeral and that led to me scribbling down these words and trying to come up with a suitably Irish melody. If my dad's in the waiting room of heaven, I hope they won't hold any...2023-07-2506 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyEat A PeachSend us a textSweating, drowning and...waving - waiting for summer to start, really start.Includes a rough beginning of a new song, as referenced in the story.Thanks for listening!2023-07-1407 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyHere's Where You BelongSend us a textGigs are what life makes them. We lost our dear music friend Scott Schinder two weeks ago. He wrote about music and shared what he loved. He and I saw so many shows together. This one's for him.Live audience recording of Here's Where You Belong, thanks to Henry Laura 2023-06-2911 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyLoving The AlienSend us a textTravel with my husband Eric can be entertaining. And does a rental car make the couple?I cover a song I shouldn't have dared, it was fun!2023-06-1910 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyWindow SeatSend us a textGoing west and then east, thankful to be traveling.Couldn't resist this cover to end the show.2023-06-0416 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyGimme A SliceSend us a textDoing what we always do isn't second nature anymore...Thanks for listening! The song I included here seems to be having a moment right now. Apologies to the other A & E !2023-05-0907 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyMy Own ShoesSend us a textOwning up to being female, live Everything Is Fine podcast event and...shoesSongs in this episode-Invisible from Middlescence- WTICBIYS from A One Way Ticket To My Life (80s/90s 4 track demos)2023-04-1909 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyForever MomSend us a textGoing to see Magnetic Fields makes me fall in love with the live music experience all over again. Sitting at the kids table. Feeling protective.I felt so inspired and learned & recorded a fave MF composition for this. Thanks for listening!2023-04-0710 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyManny More...Ann DothersSend us a textBeing where you are...Festival billing and getting on with stuff.Includes a cover of a Traveling Wilburys song I always dig when it comes up on long drives. I'm no Jeff Lynne but it was fun to have a go!2023-03-3009 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyDear Mistress FantasySend us a textHave you been watching Daisy Jones and the Six? It's great fun to dream about swilling champagne in the recording studio - the reality is often a lot more mundane.(A) pot on the porch is as crazy as it gets around here.With apologies to CS&N!2023-03-1711 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyEnough For NowSend us a textGlad to be working a little, just a little glad to be working.Includes a snippet of a difficult song I'm trying to learn. It may take a while!Thanks for listening.2023-03-0207 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyLet The Monkey RollSend us a textA visit from a toddler. Learning life skills never stops - and where did those waffle irons go?This episode includes a bit of a rough demo for a song I wrote called Kid Again.Thanks for listening!2023-02-2009 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyPlaying The Artist CardSend us a textThe benefits of sticking to it...A good time in FloridaNo extra music this time - I am really trying to get the second draft of my book finished so a little pushed!Hope you enjoy this episode.2023-01-2309 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyThis TimeSend us a textInternal monologue as I get ready to fly down to Florida. Lucky to be going! Trying to make the most of this thing called life. I include a song I wrote on the plane three years ago flying back home....2023-01-1106 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyYou Wear It WellSend us a textDressing for the long game. I try to find clothes for Eric's daughter's wedding and realize that as the years add up we're just lucky to be around for the celebrations.Musical bit here in tribute to a recently departed genius of song...2022-12-3011 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyHere In The VestibuleSend us a textTime change and times change: Joyce; Sally, Frank & Emma...and Dad.Track in this episode Not Dark Yet 2022-11-1216 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyThe ExSend us a textA short tale about keeping the fantasy alive.Includes a demo of a new song Gimme BangsThanks for listening!2022-10-2608 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyMy Secret Stevie LifeSend us a textWanting to be real, and good - and maybe to hug a tree...with the great Stevie Nicks as guide.Songs in this episode: Invisible & a snippet of Sorcerer (Stevie cover)2022-09-2610 min
Everything is FineA Creative Midlife and Beyond with Amy RigbyOur guest today is Amy Rigby. Amy is a singer/songwriter who performed in such bands as The Last Roundup and The Shams. Her 1996 solo debut, Diary of a Mod Housewife, led to her being named "Songwriter of the Year" by Spin magazine. She's the author of the 2019 memoir, Girl to City, which traces her journey from Elton John-worshipping suburban Pittsburgh girl to punk rock-loving CBGB denizen, and beyond. She has also written for Slate, the Village Voice, and Talkhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-09-121h 11
Diary Of Amy RigbyClean LaundrySend us a textDad, and dealing with dementia. Writing and music are the only ways I can make sense of any of this right now. Hope maybe this helps someone else to deal.Music inspiration from Mississippi John Hurt2022-09-0714 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyMurray Hill Take The WheelSend us a text"...and I think my spaceship knows which way to go." Sometimes a trip to Manhattan and some good old classic rock is what it takes to make it through.Traffic, and Traffic. Music in this episode - you get one guess.2022-08-2310 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyGiving It All AwaySend us a textDropping some of the heavy weight of stuff I've been carrying around forever. Should be easy to get rid of most of it...right?Heard this JJ Cale song when I was thinking about archives and career ephemera and it felt just perfect.2022-08-0910 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyLOST/NOT LOSTSend us a textVanity, tragedy and everything in between. Prayers to St. Anthony. Worked in a new song demo (spot the Spinal Tap reference). Shout out to my invisible friends Kim and Jenn at Everything is Fine podcast.2022-07-1207 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyLearn To LieSend us a textEngland, NYC, upstate...a little bit of this and that because sometimes the big things are just too big.Apologies to Dr. Hook...2022-06-2311 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyLike Walking In The RainSend us a textSerendipity and hard life lessons - sometimes the teacher is there all along. An appreciation of a true star Ronnie Spector. Buy Ronnie’s book Be My Baby at your local bookstore or order online through bookshop.org. Her story will make you laugh, wince, cry and remember why she is truly one of the greats – her voice! The postscript she wrote in November 2021 will lift and then break your heart.You can find All I Want on The Very Best Of Ronnie Spector. (I recorded my own version for Mi...2022-05-3114 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyBetter HelpSend us a textLooking for self-knowledge isn't the escape it used to be. Virtual appointments remind me of the old days when therapy meant furniture that didn't come off the street.Music in this episode: So You Know Now from Little Fugitive Invisible from Middlescence2022-04-2309 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyUp In The AirSend us a textGoing out west to visit my grown up daughter Hazel, I think about travel and getting older. How good it feels to see your kid doing good, how much I love Southern California. A fellow passenger's question on the way home gives me pause.With a bit of music inspired by Joni Mitchell's This Flight Tonight, which thanks to Hazel I found out was a hit for Nazareth? Never knew that. There's forever so much to learn.It's the one year anniversary of the Diary podcast! Thanks for listening.2022-03-2412 min
Diary Of Amy RigbySetting OutSend us a textTraveling and family, regret and wondering who we musicians are on the road without a guitar. Invisible Tomorrow's All We've Got from A One Way Ticket To My Life2022-03-0807 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyMemories Are Made Of ThisSend us a textFunny how the mundane experiences inspire and remind us who and what we love. UK travel, tea and biscuits. Music in this episode: Invisible from Middlescence and Do You Remember That from A Working Museum by Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby2022-02-1908 min
Books Shows Tunes & Mad ActsReflections with Amy RigbySinger/songwriter, blogger, and memoirist Amy Rigby joins us today for a wise and fun conversation about her 30-year career, including her CBGB days, having Ronnie Spector feature one of her songs, meeting Wreckless Eric, writing her memoir, and work during the pandemic. Known for her clever, funny, and sometimes vengeful lyrics, Amy is beloved by her fans (including Jennifer's mom!) for her insights into everyday living and surviving. This conversation is no exception with Amy reflecting on legacy, mortality, murder and tea towels. An unforgettable episode. With co-host Bill Aho.Amy's website: https://www.amyrigby.c...2022-02-0556 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyThank You For The DaysSend us a textGo on, treat yourself. Or should I? Every time a new year rolls around, I go through the same struggle: To splurge on a beautiful handprinted calendar or take what I'm given. What would you do?The Dolphin Studio is the home of the beautiful calendar.Music in this episode:InvisibleDays 2022-01-1506 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyFree ParkingSend us a textLow-key holiday joy, music and a day at the bookstore/bar.Music in this episode: Invisible Shopping Around Waters of March by Susannah McCorkle 2021-12-3011 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyJust PantsSend us a textI was hoping a pair of overalls would lead me in a new direction, but old ways are hard to shake, especially in challenging times.Tracks in this episode:InvisibleSome of Shelly's Blues - Mike Nesmith cover2021-12-1608 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyHello Margaret, It's Me AmySend us a textTrying to write (and swing) myself out of some darkness. Gigs, getting older; Margaret Renkl and (what else) a cameo by Bob Dylan.Songs in this episode: Invisible (theme music - from Middlescence) You're Getting Old - early 90s demo from A One Way Ticket To My Life2021-11-1809 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyPlattekill 1 & 2Send us a textI wrote and recorded the first half of this post/episode back in August, but it felt too effortfully "light" so I decided to shelve it.The second half came to me two weeks ago at a writing workshop in Michigan where I was instructor and student of some great poets and novelists. I recorded a cover song to go with it.When places we don't even like become an important part of our lives, we realize we did like them after all, at least a little bit.2021-10-2511 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyFifty Feet From StardomSend us a textA hose is a hose is a hose...As promised, a more lighthearted episode. 2021-09-2707 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyStress TestSend us a textSometimes it's all a little too much. Covid burnout, post-Ida angst; vertigo and...Dad.2021-09-1205 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyI Am The Owl ManSend us a textA mysterious visitor; small town livin'; Nanci Griffith.Music in this episode Invisible from Middlescence a late-night version of Nanci's The Flyer (nb This is a late-night cover of Nanci Griffith's The Flyer...I originally did a version for the Nanci tribute Trouble In The Fields that Pete and Maura Kennedy put together - here just trying to capture a little of the moment in one of my favorite songs. Maybe I was drawn to it cause she mentions Pittsburgh but I think she really captured that lonely but hopeful...2021-08-2511 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyPersonaSend us a text"I never thought I'd develop such a fondness for boats" and other thoughts on identity, ambition - and gravity.Songs in this episode: Intro music - Invisible from Middlescence Read the Room - unreleased demo, 20202021-07-2808 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyFirst Tuesday In JulySend us a textManhattan miles, memories and hopes. This old girl's out, but her old man's in.Songs in this episode: Invisible (theme music) Dirty Bridge both from Middlescence2021-07-1314 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyJust Say NoSend us a textAm I eternally hopeful, or just a pushover? Learning to say no, one random encounter at a time.Music in this episode The Good Girls from Diary Of A Mod Housewife Invisible from Middlescence2021-07-0106 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyAnd It Goes On and On and On and...Send us a textWorking hard or hardly working; a return to some kind of normal. Journey, George and the old broom knows all the corners.2021-06-1706 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyDown In The Old HotelSend us a textPassing pandemic time in front of British tv shows Escape To The Country and the Hotel Inspector, I end up seeing too many scary parallels. Is it time to go back to work yet?Songs in this episode: Invisible from Middlescence You're Getting Old from A One Way Ticket To My Life2021-06-0206 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyWerewolvesSend us a textDads and daughters; driveway moments and riding with Warren Zevon2021-05-1906 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyWitness 2Send us a textPandemic wedding anniversary; ghosts of past tours...burgers and ancient amplifiers - these are the things memories are made of.2021-05-0407 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyStop The World And Let Me OffSend us a textTrying to keep up with the way we do things now can wear a person out...Music in this episode Invisible from Middlescence The Old Guys from The Old Guys2021-04-1412 min
Diary Of Amy RigbyRambling VinesSend us a textBook returns; poison ivy. Pay it forward and farewell to a friend. Looking back; trying to write a new book. Bongo therapy.Music in this episode from Middlescence: Invisible Ivory Tower2021-03-3112 min