Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk and rock music duo. Their names are Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met during elementary school. They began performing together while in high school near Atlanta, Georgia. They began performing with the name Indigo Girls close to 1986. They have had many hit songs. They got a Grammy Award in 1990.
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 Indigo Girls at Park West in Chicago, September 18, 2005. (left to right: Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Epic Hollywood IG Recordings/Vanguard |
| Associated acts | Joan Baez, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ferron, disappear fear, Brandi Carlile |
| Website | indigogirls.com |
| Members | Amy Ray Emily Saliers |
Solo projects
In 1990, Ray founded Daemon Records. The company has signed Magnapop, Ellen James Society, Kristen Hall, Rose Polenzani, Girlyman, Athens Boys Choir, and James Hall among others.
Ray has put out five solo albums. They are called Stag, Prom, Live from Knoxville, Didn't It Feel Kinder and "Amy Ray: Live MVP". She has toured with both The Butchies and her band The Volunteers.
Saliers is also planning a solo album. She is co-owner of Watershed Restaurant[1] in Decatur, Georgia. Saliers was an initial investor in the Flying Biscuit Cafe[2] in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2005, Saliers and her father, Don Saliers, a theology professor at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, released the book A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice. They promoted the release of the book together including several days of speaking and performing together at the Washington National Cathedral College in Washington D.C.
Personal lives
Both Ray and Saliers have long identified themselves as lesbians. They have never been a couple. Because of their work for LGBT rights they are seen as icons of the movement.[3][4][5]
Studio albums
- Indigo Girls (EP, 1987)
- Strange Fire (1987, independent 11-song version, re-released 1989 in major-label 10-song version) US #159
- Indigo Girls (1989) US #22
- Nomads Indians Saints (1990) US #43
- Rites of Passage (1992) US #21
- Swamp Ophelia (1994) U.S #9, UK #66[6]
- Shaming of the Sun (1997) US #7
- Come on Now Social (1999) US #34
- Become You (2002) US #30
- All That We Let In (2004) US #35
- Despite Our Differences (2006) US #44
- Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (2009) US #29
- Holly Happy Days (2010)
- Beauty Queen Sister (2011) #35
Indigo Girls Media
After forming their duo in college, the Indigo Girls played small clubs in the Emory Village district of Druid Hills, Georgia.
Performing at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2018
References
- ↑ "Decatur, GA". Watershed Restaurant. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ "The Flying Biscuit Cafe". Flyingbiscuit.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ "LGBT Studies - Symposium: Queer Iconography - Hofstra University". Hofstra.edu. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ "Wanda Sykes, Natash Bedingfield, Indigo Girls Headline Milwaukee's Pride Lineup (ChicagoPride.com : Milwaukee, WI News)". ChicagoPride.com. 2008-06-03. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Mike Seely (2008-07-02). "Mark Knopfler a Bigger Gay Icon Than George Michael? - Page 1 - Music - Seattle". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 269. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Other websites
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