Americanafest Panel Discussion
Rob Miller will join author Jonathan Bernstein (What Do You Do When You're Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle) to discuss “The Hours are Long but the Pay is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music.”
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE panel discussion at Americanafest
Drawing on research from a recently published biography of Earle, this panel will feature a conversation that considers and contextualizes Justin's under-acknowledged influence and legacy on contemporary roots music over the past 15 years.
The panel consists of myself, the author, and artists Austin Root and Lilly Hiatt
Pygmalion Festival
Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana IL at the Pygmalion Festival
w/Matt Lunsford (owner/founder Polyvinyl Records)
Go HERE for tickets and more info on the event and the festival.
PYGMALION is an annual multi-day interdisciplinary event held every September in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, featuring music, literature, film, comedy, technology, and food.
SALINE (MI) DISTRICT LIBRARY
Saline (MI) District Library
Join me in conversation with Craig Maki—longtime friend and author-interviews me about my book.
Part of the 2026 Michigan Notable Books program. Free.
Reserve your spot HERE.
NORTHVILLE (MI) DISTRICT LIBRARY
Join me in conversation with Craig Maki—longtime friend and author-interviews me about my book.
Craig is the author of three ground-breaking volumes that reveal some of Detroit's important yet under-covered influences on American music history — "Handsome Victory" (Wax Hound Press, 2025) — "Tomorrow Brings Memories: Detroit’s First Underground Record Company" (Wax Hound Press, 2022), and "Detroit Country Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies" with Keith Cady (University of Michigan Press, 2013).
Part of the 2026 Michigan Notable Books program. Free. 7PM-8PM
REGISTER HERE
Detroit Book Fest
FREE! Eastern Market 2934 Russell Street Detroit, MI
Shed 2, Booth 242….sing it with me…Shed 2 Booth 242!
JOIN MYSELF and authors CRAIG MAKI & MICHAEL HURTT & FRANK UHLE as we peddle our wares, hang out, & talk music.
For info, go HERE
This Is A Bookstore-Kalamazoo MI
Creative Act as Lifeline: a Conversation with Maggie Andersen & Rob Miller
These two authors will be in coversation with journalist Jessi Phillips for this event.
Henry Ford Centennial Library-Dearborn MI
Henry Ford Centennial Library
Join me as Matthew Smith—longtime friend and musician-interviews me about my book. Matthew Smith is a musician and producer from Detroit who has worked with a wide range of artists, including Outrageous Cherry, the Volebeats, Rodriguez, Andre Williams, Nathaniel Mayer, the Go, Crime and the City Solution, Paul "Wine" Jones, and many others.
He currently leads the Matthew Smith Group and plays a lot of weird records on his internet radio show, Matthew Smith's Vinyl Cosmos.
Part of the 2026 Michigan Notable Books program. Free.
Register HERE
Dexfest-Chapel Hill, NC
Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC
TO RSVP and for more INFO go HERE
Join me in conversation with acclaimed NC writer David Menconi(which is also a thrill) at this this event as part of DEXFEST.
We’ll talk about the book, Dex, and how one doesn’t exist without the other.
Third Man Records-Detroit MI
Join myself and the fabulous Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls as I return to my hometown to talk about my book, the punk scene, and how Detroit made it possible for me to find myself.
Old Town School of Folk Music
Celebrating Justin Townes Earle
Come join us for a very special evening of music and conversation celebrating the legacy and songwriting of Justin Townes Earle. This event will begin with a conversation about Justin, his history in Chicago and his relationship with his label, Bloodshot Records, between author and Bloodshot founder Rob Miller and Justin's biographer Jonathan Bernstein. Following the conversation will be a performance by Sammy Brue, whose recent album is a collection of songs he posthumously co-wrote with Justin after going through the late songwriter's unfinished lyrics.
Boswell Book Company - Milwaukee, WI
Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Rob Miller, author of The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music, a warm-hearted yet clear-eyed account of loving and living music on the edge, in the trenches, and without apologies. The author will be joined in conversation by Jonathan Bernstein.
Dandelion Bookshop Author Event
Join me in conversation with Martha Bayne, coeditor of Nothing Compares to You: What Sinead O’Connor Means to Us at Dandelion Bookshop in Oak Park.
Tickets are free. Registration is now open.
Rob Miller with Martha Bayne at City Lit Books
The Chicagoland book release tour moves to Logan Square. Join me for humorous anecdotes and profound insights that will be revealed via the unrelenting questioning of Martha Bayne, author, editor and Soup & Bread founder
Rob Miller, Rhett Miller Talk Country, Punk, and Bloodshot Records
Bookends & Beginnings and Evanston SPACE present a conversation with Rhett Miller and Rob about Rob's new book, The Hours are Long but the Pay is Low. Free. Limited capacity.
Rob Miller at The Book Cellar
Rob Miller, "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low "
with Martha Bayne
Join us in-store to celebrate the new release.