Indigo Girls
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Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
April 18 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Released in 1989, Indigo Girls’ eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles โCloser to Fineโ and โKid Fearsโ and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. Over a thirty-five-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the multi-Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded sixteen studio albums, sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following across the globe. Rolling Stone describes them as the โideal duet partners.โ Committed and uncompromising activists, they work on issues like immigration reform (El Refugio), LGBTQ advocacy, education (Imagination Library), death penalty reform, and Native American rights. They are co-founders of Honor the Earth, a non-profit dedicated to the survival of sustainable Native communities, Indigenous environmental justice, and green energy solutions.
Their latest record, Look Long is a stirring and eclectic collection of songs that finds the duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers reunited in the studio with their strongest backing band to date. โWe joke about being old, but what is old when it comes to music? Weโre still a bar band at heart,โ says Saliers. โWhile our lyrics and writing approach may change, our passion for music feels the same as it did when we were 25-years-old.โ โAs time has gone on, our audience has become more expansive and diverse, giving me a sense of joy,โ she adds. To hear those collective voices raise into one, singing along and overpowering the band itself, one realizes the importance Indigo Girlsโ music has in this moment. In our often-terrifying present, we are all in search of a daily refuge, a stolen hour or two, to engage with something that brings us joy, perspective, or maybe just calm. As one bar band once put it, โWe go to the doctor, we go to the mountainsโฆwe go to the Bible, we go through the work out.โ For millions, they go to the Indigo Girls. On Look Long theyโll find a creative partnership certain of its bearings, forging a way forward.