Lola Kirke @ Longboat Hall, Wednesday

Singer/songwriter & actress Lola Kirke plays songs from her Trailblazer album at Longboat Hall tonight at 7 pm. Get tickets here.

Lola Kirke's new book 'Wild West Village' is on the way

Singer/songwriter & actress Lola Kirke's new book Wild West Village resonated with Lena Dunham and Zoe Kravitz says "it's the only book I'll read this year" 

Here's the scoop from Lola...

"My debut book WILD WEST VILLAGE — a collection of personal essay type stories on womanhood, sisterhood, Hollywood + beyond is being published by Simon & Schuster on 1/28/25 + is now available for pre-order!" Get it via Simon & Schuster right here.

Wild West Village by Lola Kirke

In this darkly humorous memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a little bit country.

The youngest daughter of a rock star father and clothing designer mother, Lola and her siblings (including actress Jemima and celebrity doula Domino), spent their childhoods freshly plucked from their English heritage in an eclectic West Village brownstone, hosting everyone from Cuban exiles to Courtney Love. But behind the enviable exterior of worldly coolness, was a home in disarray.

In Wild West Village, Kirke chronicles a search for self amidst the chaos of the affairs, addictions, and afflictions surrounding her, detailing misadventures in everything from masturbation to marijuana, Cadbury’s to country music, and a dream of salvation on the silver screen. 

Filled with unforgettable characters and insights into identities forged in fire, Wild West Village locates humor and lightness in life’s darker situations. Irreverent and high-spirited, these are the stories of a young woman, teetering between a twang and a British accent, trying to fit in with larger-than-life personalities while secretly coming into her own.

Lola Kirke is an acclaimed actress (Mistress America, Gone Girl, and Mozart in the Jungle) and singer-songwriter. Wild West Village (out January 28, 2025) is her first book. 

What people are saying

"After reading this effervescent essay collection, I can't decide whether I want Lola Kirke to be my big sister, my advice giver, or my fashion consultant."—Rax King, author of Tacky

“A hilarious romp through a world of epic eccentricities. With gracious acuity, Lola shares what it means to feel like a misfit and how she comes to create her own sense belonging.”—Anna Marie Tendler, New York Times bestselling author of Men Have Called Her Crazy

“All writers are about to be jealous of Lola Kirke. Not only does she have enough life experience to keep writing forever, but she also possesses a remarkable talent for it.”—Delaney Rowe

"Wildly entertaining, riotously funny and disarmingly self-aware. Wild West Village has all the tenets of a great country song: emotion, soul, and a damn good story. I devoured it in one delicous sitting and could have come back for more. Needless to say, I adored it."— Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters

“Lola Kirke has captured more than just her own wild and specific New York upbringing (one that resonates more profoundly than I’d like it to.) She has captured the yearning of a generation raised on seductive yet dangerous images of young starlets run amok, and her path through and out of these delusions of grandeur and into the grandeur of self. She is a wise, witty and unsparing writer and her memoir proves it in a voice as lovely as the one she uses to sing.”—Lena Dunham

"Probably the only book I'll read this year."—Zoe Kravitz

“The West Village of Lola Kirke’s growing-up might as well be Narnia, so alternate was the glittering universe of her eccentric, bohemian family—and there’s no one I'd want to go through a wardrobe with more. These are great stories, but more, they are confidences shared: hilarious, heart-quickening, and wise.”—John Hodgman, author of Vacationland and host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast

“The searching and fearless moral inventory of my dreams: funny, totally self-aware, utterly delicious.”—Emma Forrest, author of Your Voice in My Head

Lola's closest pals are already reading advance copies of her new book. Yours is probably in the mail... yeah, that's it.

Lola Kirke and pals show New Yorkers how to line dance to "He Says Y'all"

"He Says Y'all" is off Lola Kirke's Country Curious EP. Watch the instructional clip feat. Tim Bendernagel and Teneya Kelleher.

Writes Lola...

“He Says Y’all,” the second single from my forthcoming @elleking produced EP, “Country Curious” is here!!! 

My goal with this batch of songs was to appeal to people who already love Country and also those who are a little afraid, but still Country curious.

This song is about being an outsider and not giving a f*ck  @colcause you’re having FUN. I wrote it with my girl @marykutter + @danfernandez and recorded it @battletapes with @elleking’s wonderful band:

@pauldominic_, @d_scalia, @josephmwastaken, @sevanshenderson. You’ll also hear @kristinfidd + @willvanhornmusic on there!!! Shout out to @sorenburkum, #reidshippen + #sterlingmasters as well!!! 

I hope you enjoy!!!! 🤠🤠

 

Tickets for Lola Kirke's upcoming Bat Outta Beverly Hills tour go on sale Wednesday (Oct. 18) via her site right here.

Lola Kirke previews her Country Curious EP @ Monarch Tavern, Saturday

Singer/actor Lola Kirke just released the fab Elle King-produced "All My Exes Live In L.A." backed by First Aid Kit.

Here's the scoop...

As Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Jeff Bridges and other actors-turned-singers have discovered, having a successful career in film doesn't mean squat in Nashville. Sure, being a Hollywood star might get you a meeting on music row and writers will gladly pitch you songs. You'll even have no problem finding session musicians to cut 'em. However, getting them played on country radio stations is another story entirely. 

In the music biz, timing is everything and rising star actor Lola Kirke (David Fincher's Gone Girl, Mistress America with Greta Gerwig, Gemini opposite Zoe Kravitz, Mozart In The Jungle, Untogether, Lost Girls, etc) may have chosen precisely the right time to go country. She has released albums before, starting with 2018's Heart Head West (Downtown) and continuing with 2020's Lady For Sale on Third Man Records which revealed Lola's emerging songwriting skills. However, the stylistically diverse effort – co-produced by White Denim guitarist Austin Jenkins – seemed at odds with Lola's desire to strum acoustic guitar in a stetson. 

So connecting with Nashville rebel Elle King who produced Lola's forthcoming Country Curious EP (slated for release on February 16, 2024 via One Riot Records) would appear to be precisely the right move for the moment and One Riot's president Amy Patton would know. You see, One Riot Records is the boutique label branch of Patton's growing One Riot publishing/management operation which recently inked a joint deal with Margo Price and her partner Jeremy Ivey. Now that Margo Price and her Nashville outlaw cohort Nikki Lane have both flitted away from country towards a more conventional rock concept, the door is open for a sassy new shitkicker in a studded Nudie-esque suit to move in. 

Of course, it'll take more than some snazzy publicity photos, a revealing video shot in her birthday suit on an East Nashville sidewalk and a splashy preview feature in Rolling Stone. But, Lola's new song "All My Exes Live in L.A." – which includes a clever shout-out to George Strait – is a corker and could prove to be the break she needs. If not, Lola apparently has a collaboration with respected Nashville star Rosanne Cash ready to go which could give the project the stamp of Nashville credibility she needs to get past the Music City gatekeepers. 

We'll get a chance to see what Lola's currently putting down at The Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton) on Saturday (September 2) with Lenny Bull opening at 8:30 pm. Check out Joshua Shoemaker's video for Lola's new single "All My Exes Live In L.A.," an acoustic performance of Rick Danko's "Sip The Wine," a performance at The Hideout in Chicago right here and a conversation with Courtney Michelle Dlugos for the Hold My Hair? podcast below. 
 

Get tickets for Lola Kirke's show with Lenny Bull at Monarch Tavern right here.