Amy Rigby

A singer/songwriter whose songs are filled with emotionally rich and relatable observations about love, relationships, parenthood, and the musician's life, Amy Rigby crafts a sound that adds folk and country accents to straightforward, hooky rock & roll. She had more than 15 years under her belt as a performer with groups such as the Shams when her solo debut, 1996's Diary of a Mod Housewife, made a splash in the music press. In the wake of its success, her songs would be covered by the likes of Ronnie Spector and Laura Cantrell. Rigby's own performances -- balancing inner strength and playful snark with a subtle vulnerability -- shone on 2005's Little Fugitive, and she enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Wreckless Eric on albums like 2012's A Working Museum. To accompany her memoirs in 2019, she issued A One Way Ticket to My Life, which unearthed home-recorded cassette demos from her early days, and in 2024, she issued the bracing and insightful Hang in There with Me.