![]() #IndigoGirls, #AmyRay, #EmilySaliers, #CloserToFine, #MusicArt, #PaulKing, #PaulKingArtwerks, Greatest hits: "Strange Fire", "Closer To Fine", "Galileo", "I Don't Want To Talk About It", "Power Of Two", "Shame On You", "What You Are Like", "Reunion", "Devotion", "Get Together" and "Land Of Canaan". The duo was nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy (losing to Milli Vanilli, who later vacated the award), and won one for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.Īfter releasing nine albums with major record labels from 1987 through 2007, they have now resumed self-producing albums with their own IG Recordings company. Upon its release, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics, went gold after six months and eventually went platinum. and Hothouse Flowers contributed on several tracks of the album. The album featured their #1 hit, "Closer To Fine". It was originally released in 1989 by Epic Records. The two went mainstream with their hit album, "Indigo Girls" which was their second studio album and first major label release. They released a self-produced, full-length record album entitled Strange Fire in 1987, and contracted with Epic Records in 1988. They started performing with the name Indigo Girls as students at Emory University, performing weekly at The Dugout, a bar in Emory Village. The two met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Tickets can be purchased through their website.Indigo Girls, hand-drawn with Amy Ray age 25 and Emily Saliers age 26, in Georgia, 1989. Indigo Girls' and Jac Thompson's next stop on their tour will be in Charleston, South Carolina, on Jan. "That's just kind of what fuels us a lot is like, the activism of community," Ray said. It is in part that commonality, she says, that allows music to inspire others to have active voices within their community. ![]() Ray said that the Indigo Girls catalog has common threads with both music created before and after it, creating a musical lineage that resonates with what younger generations are listening to. So, honestly, it feels like you want to do right by them," Swann said. "Their fans have listened to music and care about the music and have been coming out to see them for a long time. She and her band members, Zac Swann and Grant Parker, even met with the audience as Indigo Girls set up, allowing the group to see firsthand the passion Indigo Girls fans had for the main act. "I care about what the songs mean, and then translating that sonically with great players, and all the players on my record have been playing for years and are incredible," Thompson said.Īudience members at The Senate were welcoming to Thompson. Thompson describes her music genre as '70s Americana with a slight rock leaning. According to Ray, Thompson was added to this lineup on the suggestion of a producer and drummer that Indigo Girls has worked with in the past, but before the show, the band members had never seen her perform live. Opening for the band in Columbia was Jac Thompson, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Indigo Girls also played "Closer to Fine" and ended the night with fan favorite "Galileo" as members of the audience linked arms and sang along together. We really just, we believe that music is a vehicle for empowerment and fun and also contemplation and action," Ray said. "We're not the kind of band that just goes on tour to make money and to get our ego stroked or anything like that. With this tour, Ray expressed wanting to build a bond with the audiences, which she believes they achieve. Indigo Girls kicked off its set with hit song "Power of Two," which quickly led to attendees singing the chorus word for word. Its music set included acoustic versions of older classics and newer releases with accompaniment from violinist Lyris Hung.Amy Ray, one of the lead singers of the group, said Hung is like a one-woman band, and the music they play together is "stripped down" versions of their original songs. ![]() Indigo Girls, an American folk rock and Grammy Award-winning band, performed with Jac Thompson at the Senate on Wednesday.
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