Since the band's 1985 inception, he's released some spare acoustic records on his own, often collaborating with R.E.M. Kevn Kinney is the lead singer / songwriter of the Atlanta rock band, Drivin N Cryin, who recently celebrated the release of their 9th studio album, ‘Live the Love Beautiful’, on Drivin N Cryin Records. On Look Long they’ll find a creative partnership certain of its bearings, forging a way forward. As one bar band once put it, “We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains…we go to the Bible, we go through the work out.” For millions, they go to the Indigo Girls. The phenomenon epitomizes the sense of community and celebration that defines Indigo Girls’ music. The duo has returned to the road and amphitheaters across the country are once again filling with the sound of those collective voices raised in song. As time has gone on, our audience has become more expansive and diverse which gives me a great sense of joy.” Crowd singalongs that often overpower the band itself are a trademark of Indigo Girls concerts. “Let’s lament our limitations, but let’s also look beyond what’s right in front of us, take the long view of things, and strive to do better. “People feel lost in these political times,” explains Saliers. “I’m a little bit left of the ‘salt of the earth’ / That’s alright, I’ll prove my worth,” she sings.Īmidst our often-terrifying present, Look Long is a musical balm for those of us in search of a daily refuge, an hour or two when we can engage with something that brings us joy, perspective, or maybe just calm. “Shit Kickin’” is a nuanced love letter to Ray’s Southern heritage. “When We Were Writers” recounts the flying sparks and passion Saliers felt as a young college student when the duo first started performing together. Produced by John Reynolds (Sinéad O’Connor, Damien Dempsey) and recorded in the countryside outside Bath, England at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, these eleven songs have a tender, revealing motion to them, as if they’re feeding into a Super 8 film projector, illuminating a darkened living room. “We’re shaped by our past what makes us who we are? And why?” “We’re fallible creatures shaped by the physics of life,” says Saliers. Look Long is a stirring and eclectic collection of songs that finds the duo reunited in the studio with their strongest backing band to date as they chronicle their personal upbringings with more specificity and focus than they have on any previous song-cycle. On their 16 th studio album, Indigo Girls tell their origin story. “We are so inspired by younger artists and while our lyrics and writing approach may change, our passion for music feels the same as it did when we were 25-years-old.” “We joke about being old, but what is old when it comes to music? We’re still a bar band at heart,” says Saliers. Over a thirty-five-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded sixteen studio albums (seven gold, four platinum, one double platinum), sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following. Released in 1989, Indigo Girls' eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history.
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