![]() ![]() I love this mysterious song because it is both personal and universal. "She's Saving Me" (Emily Saliers), Become You (2002) The whole track fits together like a complex puzzle. Give this one a listen on some good headphones. ![]() The breaks between lyrics are largely defined by her signature intricate guitar melodies which are intense, gorgeous, and strong. Emily's parts on this song are incredibly compelling and sweep you up into the track. Amy is able to talk about the desperate separateness that plagues us and, at the same time, acknowledges that we're all in need of being seen with empathy. How does one write fiercely about feelings of defensiveness, alienation - even anger - and still remain open hearted toward the "other" person in the situation? Check it out. "Reunion" (Amy Ray), Swamp Ophelia (1994) Here are some songs that I love and that I think spotlight Amy and Emily as individual writers and collaborators One of the things that's particularly notable about the work is their ability to complement and expand on each other's songs without stepping on their essential "them-ness." It's a simultaneous interaction and divergence, a kind of togetherness that supports and heralds the individual, and hey, who doesn't need more of that in their lives!?ĭespite their differences, the listener can count on the Venn diagram of Saliers' and Ray's writing and arranging to reliably overlap in some areas, to name a few: dedication, generosity of spirit, social and interpersonal conscience, and excellent musicianship. ![]() That being said, here it goes: Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are distinct writers, musicians, and people who, over the last 30 years, have wound their sensibilities together to create a third, and unmistakably unique entity that is the Indigo Girls. This was a nearly impossible assignment and one that could be endlessly explored. Oh my, the tyranny of the five-song limit. Lucy Wainwright Roche: Five Essential Indigo Girls Songs: It's little wonder why she loves Indigo Girls' music as much as she does - and Roche confessed to some nerves choosing "Five Essential Indigo Girls Songs" written by two dear friends and musicians who've been as influential in her life as her family. Roche's delicate vocals, warily skating the cracked ice of songs like "Heroin," belie the brute rawness and volatility of Little Beast: it's the acme of Roche's recording career thus far. Frequent Indigo Girls producer Jordan Brooke Hamlin co-produced the album with Roche as she recorded it in fits and starts, traveling between Nashville, her homebase of Brooklyn, and the road (lately she's also been touring with one or both of her parents, Suzzy Roche and Loudon Wainwright III). ![]() Saliers also plays guitar on Roche's stunning single "Soft Line," found on her romantically harrowing sixth album, 2018's Little Beast. In fact, Roche opened most recently for the duo in mid-March as they criss-crossed New England and upstate New York. Fast forward three decades - and a whole lot of life experience -and some of Roche's most joyful moments have been on tour with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, her longtime inspirations, over the last few years. It's been just over 30 years since Indigo Girls released their Grammy-winning eponymous album - an album released when New York singer and songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche was barely eight years old. ![]()
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