Amy rigby why do i

The Sound of Yourself is out now. Diary Of Amy Rigby now available as a podcast. Every two weeks a new episode! Lots of fun doing this podcast about music - living it, loving it - with Elizabeth Nelson of the Paranoid Style.

We pick a topic and have a chat on camera also available as an audio podcast. Join us in Looking For The Magic! Taking a bit of a hiatus right now so a good chance to catch up on the episodes. Girl To City, the podcast, is available here.

Set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and bands, through love affairs, temp jobs and motherhood, Girl To City: describes 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 rare.

Unfortunately, we learned that her husband, Wreckless Eric, had contracted the virus, but was in the process of recovery. Filled with resolve and encouraged by heartfelt notes from their fans, Rigby and her husband are fighting the good fight. I lost my sense of smell, my husband has had enough symptoms that we were able to get tested. His was positive, mine negative. There is so much not known about this virus.

We are on full lockdown now. We live in a semi-rural area and can get outside safely. Trying to embrace the positives. Are there any exercises you practice to keep in the creative mindset?

How is this experience forcing you to adapt? What online tools are you using, if any? The loss of lives and the fear. Worrying when I know a friend has it. Worrying about my daughter and brothers and friends who live in New York City, the epicenter. And the point of Stay At Home orders is to stop things spreading. But I worry about how our small town, that was just experiencing a burst of growth and creative renewal, will weather a depression.

I think we will really learn what community means as we will need to help each other to come out the other side of this, already the government is letting people down where are small business loans for truly small businesses, a lot of our local shops have been shut out and told the money is gone. What songs are keeping you inspired at this time? What is your musical comfort food?

See Tommy James above. Old pop 45s played at top volume - it is the visceral experience of the needle drop, the magic of music coming out of a piece of vinyl that takes me to a simpler, happier place. You recently released your memoir, Girl to City , about your journey as a singer, a songwriter and a traveling, touring musician.

What did you learn from the experience of writing this book? I learned how lucky I am to be a songwriter. Songwriting is often alchemy - more transcription than the hard work of putting one word after another, which is what prose writing requires. It gave me more confidence in myself as an artist.