Amy Rigby is back with The Old Guys (Southern Domestic), her first solo album since 2005’s Little Fugitive. A veteran of NYC bands Last Roundup in the ’80s and the Shams in the ’90s, Rigby recorded the 12-track The Old Guys with husband and musical partner Wreckless Eric in upstate New York, where the couple resides. Not only is Rigby currently on tour in support of her new LP, she’s also guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week.
Rigby: I read all the time, so my favorite book is always the one I happen to be on at the moment. Right now, it’s this novel set in Brooklyn and the Dominican Republic (with a little Pittsburgh thrown in) about daughters and mothers, and race, and how neighborhoods change and how people stay set in their ways but can still change. It’s a deceptively easy read that weaves together family history and the effects of gentrification on the main character, a young artist and substitute teacher who’s trying to figure out who she wants to be outside of her complicated relationships with her parents, where they come from and where she comes from. This is Naima Coster’s first novel, and I think it’s masterful. It makes me want to write more and read more.
