In her memoir The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, acclaimed musician Neko Case is comfortable holding a lot at once. Love, grief, trauma and art are all balanced in her careful, thoughtful hands, from her fraught family life growing up to her complicated relationship with the music industry — particularly the country establishment — as an adult. That easy complexity also marks her latest album, Neon Grey Midnight Green, whose contradictions are upheld together down to the title. On March 18, Case will discuss both works at Grimey’s in conversation with NPR Music critic Ann Powers, whose 2024 book Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell retraces the steps of the legendary songwriter she calls a “homesick wanderer.” Powers and Case had to cancel a previously planned discussion on The Harder I Fight the More I Love You in 2025 due to illness. Powers has described the book as “gorgeously lyrical.” Both authors will be available to sign their works following the talk, and everyone who preorders a copy of Case’s book or album will receive a wristband for guaranteed entry and participation in the signing.
4 p.m. at Grimey’s
1060 E. Trinity Lane
