Emily Saliers and Amy Ray are the iconic Indigo Girls. Back in 2012 the GRAMMY-winning duo embarked on a bold new musical chapter, collaborating with a pair of orchestrators to prepare larger-than-life arrangements of their songs to perform with symphonies around the country. The Indigo Girls have a beautiful blend of folk, rock, and pop in their music and now with the power of the orchestra behind them, hints of classical elevate their songs to new emotional heights without sacrificing any of the emotional intimacy and honesty that have defined their music for decades. The duet has performed more than fifty performances with various symphonies across America, and now they are releasing a live album of them with a symphony, Indigo Girls Live with The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The album was recorded in front of a sold-out audience in Boulder, CO, and beautifully mixed by GRAMMY-winner Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris). The project has twenty-two songs that showcase the Indigo Girls at their finest: raw, real, and revelatory. That’s the short of it!
Indigo Girls Live with The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Woodsong (Live)
Sugar Tongue (Live)
Able To Sing (Live)
Compromise (Live)
Virginia Woolf (Live)
Happy In The Sorrow Key (Live)
Power Of Two (Live)
Yoke (Live)
Love Of Our Lives (Live)
World Falls (Live)
Galileo (Live)
Chickenman (Live)
Fugitive (Live)
Come A Long Way (Live)
War Rugs (Live)
Mystery (Live)
Damo (Live)
Come On Home (Live)
Kid Fears (Live)
Ghost (Live)
Go (Live)
Closer To Fine (Live)
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Rounder Records
1 hour 44 minutes
Both Ray and Saliers display strong singing and the orchestra allows for both to reach emotional tenderness to soaring grandeur.
Being a live recording there is less fidelity with Saliers’ voice than one would hope for, but her part is still there, and this is not a deal breaker!