One On One With Amy Ray
Those of you hanging out with us will notice we’ve got some new contributors lately. What follows is a tasty interview with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls by a new contributor, Avery Schroeder. In the days that follow we will have Avery’s come - pull - up - a - chair - and - let - me - tell - you - about - this - one on Ms. Ray’s latest solo effort. Stay tuned!
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<!--StartFragment-->I recently sat down with Amy Ray from the Indigo Girls for a phone interview during their East coast tour. She took time out of her very busy schedule to answer a few questions concerning her upcoming solo CD and tour, as well as address some Indigo questions.
VP: So, are you guys done recording?
AR: Yeah. We’re done. The record’s done. It’s going to come out in February 2009.
VP: Is there more of a political bend to this CD? Not that the other CDs aren't...
AR: I would not say that there is not anything overtly political. There is a song that is sort of more theoretical about colonialism and imperialism and stuff like that. It’s political but it’s not about the
political system. It’s about....
VP: Are you referring to Sugar Tongue? I love that one. It's...spooky.
AR: Oh, cool. It’s an activist song. And then there is a song called Second Time Around which is kind of a gay comment on sort of hanging together and being allies but it isn’t overtly about ‘this is a song about Barrack OBama’ or something.
VP: I wish we did more of that as a community. Sometimes I feel like its kind of us against them. You know? Like which organization can raise the most money. It feels almost competitive. I’m hoping to see more of a grassroots thing come around. Maybe with Obama in office we will do that.
AR: Hopefully so. He's quite a visionary.
VP: Now, the Indigo Girls recorded a live DVD in Atlanta last year with Three5Human and Brandi Carlile. It was supposed to be released some time ago. Do know anything about what's going on with that?
AR: We’re trying to get it back from Hollywood. They’ve agreed to give it to us we’re just negotiating basically on how that’s going to happen. Our plan is to release it. We’re not just going to let it go away.
VP: Good. Amy, what can Indigo fans
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Great interview!
Great interview!
Thank you for the wonderful
Thank you for the wonderful interview --- It's so great to see Amy out and about again! She is such an inspiration - for me as well and thousands of others. I hope to see more of her!
Peace and Love ~
Great interview!!
Great interview!!
I don't believe that we thank
I don't believe that we thank artists enough for the multitude of things that they do from expressing their feelings through song to opening up their hearts to sharing their viewpoints. Thank you to Amy Ray and all of the other amazing people and artists out there who are working to make a difference through their music and activism. You inspire me!
I just adore Amy Ray's honest
I just adore Amy Ray's honest and humble nature. This, of course, combined with the brilliant ways in which she expresses herself musically. I am a 36 year old woman who has and always will look to Amy as an extraordinary role-model for any person who struggles with his or her identity. I often find myself swimming in her words and wishing that I could express myself as articulately as she does. Amy puts into words what most people either cannot or dare not express. I hope that through her work and through her fans that we can begin to change the ways that society perceives and treats those who are "different" from the so-called norm. As Amy states in her song Laramie, "...tolerance - it ain't acceptance".