Indigo Girls facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Indigo Girls
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Epic Hollywood IG Recordings/Vanguard |
| Associated acts | Joan Baez, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ferron, disappear fear, Brandi Carlile |
| Members | Amy Ray Emily Saliers |
The Indigo Girls are an American folk and rock music duo. Their names are Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met during elementary school. They began performing together while in high school near Atlanta, Georgia. They began performing with the name Indigo Girls close to 1986. They have had many hit songs. They got a Grammy Award in 1990.
Solo projects
In 1990, Ray founded Daemon Records. The company has signed Magnapop, Ellen James Society, Kristen Hall, Rose Polenzani, Girlyman, Athens Boys Choir, and James Hall among others.
Ray has put out five solo albums. They are called Stag, Prom, Live from Knoxville, Didn't It Feel Kinder and "Amy Ray: Live MVP". She has toured with both The Butchies and her band The Volunteers.
Saliers is also planning a solo album. She is co-owner of Watershed Restaurant in Decatur, Georgia. Saliers was an initial investor in the Flying Biscuit Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2005, Saliers and her father, Don Saliers, a theology professor at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, released the book A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice. They promoted the release of the book together including several days of speaking and performing together at the Washington National Cathedral College in Washington D.C.
Images for kids
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After forming their duo in college, the Indigo Girls played small clubs in the Emory Village district of Druid Hills, Georgia.
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Performing at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2018
See also
In Spanish: Indigo Girls para niños
