Laura Cantrell with special guest Amy Rigby

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**Laura Cantrell** has spent more than 25 years creating thoughtful, beautifully crafted country music. Since releasing her acclaimed debut, Not the Tremblin’ Kind, in 2000, she has released six studio albums, toured extensively throughout the US, UK, and Ireland, and performed at the Grand Ole Opry, on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, A Prairie Home Companion, and Mountain Stage. BBC legend John Peel called her debut “my favorite record of the last ten years, and possibly my life.” Her music has also been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and the BBC. On July 17, 2026, Propeller Sound Recordings will release an expanded anniversary edition of Cantrell’s pivotal 2005 album, Humming by the Flowered Vine. Originally released by Matador Records, the album features producer JD Foster and musicians including Dave Schramm, Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico, Amy Helm, and Fiona McBain. The new edition also restores the previously unreleased “Hammer and Nails.” **Amy Rigby** writes about getting by and getting older from the perspective of an ardent rock music fan. A veteran of New York’s East Village scene, she played in Last Roundup and the Shams before launching her solo career with 1996’s Diary of a Mod Housewife. Her acclaimed songwriting blends wit, honesty, and rock-and-roll energy. Her latest memoir, Girl to Country (2025), joins the set through stories and songs from a rocking, rolling life.