“Muster,” written by Ray, looks at the scourge of gun violence: “Some people held their daddy’s guns / me, I hung mine on the wall / For every war we could have won without shooting them at all / Is this the best we could muster?” But then comes the chorus: “But as far as these songs will take me / Is as far as I’ll go / I’m just a gay kid in a small town / Who loves country radio.” “Country Radio,” written by Saliers, is narrated by a teen who turns on the radio to fight off loneliness and dreams of falling in love like the characters in the songs.

Their most recent album, “Look Long” - their 16th release - looks back at their beginnings, with songs that consider their childhoods as well as the state of the nation today.

24 at 7 p.m., have also long been icons in the LGBT rights movement and have spoken out on environmental issues and other progressive causes. The Indigo Girls, who play the Pines Theater at Look Park in Florence Aug. The Indigo Girls can trace their origins back - way back - to the days when singers Emily Saliers and Amy Ray met in elementary school in suburban Atlanta in the 1970s.īy high school they were playing guitars together and developing their intricate vocal harmonies, and by the late 1980s/early 1990s their folk-rock tunes like “Closer to Fine” and “Hammer and a Nail” were making impressive showings on the charts they won a Grammy in 1990 for Best Contemporary Folk Album. One-man band Ben Prestage brings hsis electric and acoustic blues to Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield Aug. Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, a five-time Grammy winner, performs at Mass MoCA Aug. 20 at the Bombyx Center for Arts & Integrity in Florence. The music of composer and educator Trevor Weston will be performed by the Ecce ensemble Aug. The Indigo Girls’ most recent album, “Look Long,” examines the past of both singers as well as the state of the country today. The Indigo Girls bring their patented folk-rock sound to Look Park in Florence on Aug. 21, will be joined by Ellen Redman, lower left, on flute and piccolo. The Bob Sparkman Trio, which plays Huntington’s North Hall Aug. live version performed by michelle malone and drag the river with vocals from amy ray on the michelle malone release 'live at the oak mt.French-Swiss singer Tatiana Eva-Marie, now living in New York City, brings the sounds of 1930s Gypsy jazz to the Drake in Amherst Aug. studio version performed by dom kelly with vocals from emily saliers on the dom kelly release 'everything is just enough' () live version performed by michael stipe and indigo girls at athens music festival - athens, georgia (unreleased) words and music by bill berry, peter buck, mike mills, and michael stipe live version performed by amy ray with kelly hogan, cooper seay, and jan dykes at : songwriter showcase - eddie's attic - decatur, georgia (kelly hogan, amy ray, cooper seay, jan dykes) (radio broadcast) (unreleased) live version performed by indigo girls with chris mcquire and cooper seay at : david letterman (unreleased) live version performed by indigo girls with the ellen james society at : red rocks - denver, colorado (unreleased) live version performed by indigo girls indigo girls with the ellen james society at : stephan center - south bend and included on the indigo girls release studio version performed by indigo girls with the ellen james society on the indigo girls releases live version performed by amy ray at : atlanta, georgia (amy ray's singer songwriter showcase) (unreleased) live version performed by amy ray with the ellen james society at : little five points - atlanta, georgia (unreleased) words and music by amy ray, chris mcguire, cooper seay, bryan lilje, and scott bland

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