Tag: Amy Ray
Four decades in, Indigo Girls are still inspired by Atlanta’s music scene
After 40 years of making music, Decatur’s groundbreaking folk-rock duo Indigo Girls says Atlanta remains a great place for emerging musical acts. “As much as things have changed,” Indigo Girls member Emily Saliers says, “much has stayed the same.”
Equal Creatures is finding its own sound in Atlanta, with a little help from the Indigo Girls
Laurie Ray is Amy Ray’s niece—and as the lead singer for the band Equal Creatures, she’s lighting up Atlanta stages just like her Indigo Girls' aunt.
Editor’s Journal: The Atlanta band that has carried me through the years
Atlanta magazine's Editor-in-Chief Allison Entrekin reflects on the way the Indigo Girls' music has accompanied her through life's most memorable moments. This month, she got the chance to interview the women whose songs carried her through the mountains and valleys.
How two Atlanta teenagers got starring roles in Amy Ray’s “Subway” music video
Eighteen years old and a senior at Paul Duke STEM High School, Sarah Jane Von Hagen has plenty in common with the Indigo Girls, not least her striking resemblance to a young Amy Ray—a role Von Hagen recently found herself playing, opposite the real, adult Amy Ray, in a music video for Ray’s new single, “Subway.” Von Hagen’s friend Iris Rubin costarred as young Amy Ray’s girlfriend.
Indigo Girl Amy Ray reflects on Sears Toughskins, previews Party at Ponce, “Beauty Queen Sister”
Four days before the official release of their 14th studio album, "Beauty Queen Sister," the Indigo Girls will debut selections from the project Saturday night as they headline Party at Ponce, the kick off for the planned multi-million dollar Ponce City Market renovation of the massive City Hall East location and former Sears & Roebuck building on Ponce de Leon Avenue. The evening serves as a benefit for the city's Atlanta Beltline Partnership and Georgia Organics. And if we're really lucky, Indigo Girl Amy Ray may take the stage in a pair of green Toughskins jeans, her preferred hue from childhood. In addition to the popular brand of Sears jungle gym-proof denim, Ray's mother worked there as a teenager and the songwriter's very first acoustic guitar and amp also came from Sears. "It's such a great building," she recalls. "My Dad used to take me there to pick up our catalog orders. Every Christmas, we got our Sears Wishbook there too! That was an extremely big deal at the time. I have a real emotional attachment to that building. We're thrilled to be a part of this benefit."
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