Indigo Girls Join Forces With University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra for Live Recording
Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Due June 29, 2018 on Rounder
22 Song Set To Be Available As Triple Vinyl Album And Double CD
Video for “Galileo” Premieres With Billboard
May 11, 2018 – Nashville, TN – It’s rare for artists with Indigo Girls’ longevity to break new ground. On June 29, 2018, the celebrated, GRAMMY-winning duo will do just that with the release of Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
Recorded in front of a sold-out audience in Boulder, CO, and deftly mixed by GRAMMY-winner Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris), the record showcases Indigo Girls at their finest: raw, real, and revelatory. Ray and Saliers’ voices are both powerful and delicate here, their intertwined harmonies riding on the crest of an emotional tidal wave created by Sean O’Loughlin and Stephen Barber’s dazzling arrangements. The orchestrations are as richly cinematic as a film score, and the 64-piece symphony wrings every ounce of passion from them, helping to bring the band’s evocative storytelling to more vivid life than ever before.
Spanning material from throughout the band’s career, the 22-song set features a mix of reimagined classics, unexpected deep cuts, and tracks from Indigo Girls’ latest studio album, One Lost Day. “Compromise” wraps its punk roots around spaghetti western strings, while the brass on “Go” flexes explosive marching band muscle, and “The Power Of Two” nods to the lush arrangements of legendary songwriters like Tom Waits and Harry Nilsson. The energy in the room that night was infectious, with both the musicians and fans feeding off the same visceral electricity, and the crowd couldn’t help but join in for a massive sing-along on “Closer To Fine.” There’s an unmistakable sense of community and inclusion on the album, in part because that’s a hallmark of every Indigo Girls show, but also in part because Ray and Saliers considered themselves pieces of the orchestra for the performance, no more and no less important than any other artist on the stage.
“It was essential to me that everyone was on an even playing field,” explains Ray. “I didn’t want the audience to feel like they were just seeing Emily and me backed by a symphony. Every single musician was integral, and the whole performance transcended what anyone could do by themselves.”
The seeds for this project were first planted in 2012, when Saliers and Ray began their collaboration with Barber and O’Loughlin on arrangements of their songs to perform with symphonies around the country. It was a challenging endeavor, to say the least, but the GRAMMY-winning duo managed to find that elusive sonic sweet spot with the project, creating a seamless blend of folk, rock, pop, and classical that elevated their songs to new emotional heights without sacrificing any of the emotional intimacy and honesty that have defined their music for decades. Now, after more than 50 performances with symphonies across America, the experience has finally been captured in all its grandeur on this stunning new album, Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
“Amy and I have always tried to grow in our songwriting and work with different instruments and producers and players along the way,” reflects Saliers. “The symphony shows were an opportunity to present ourselves in a completely different incarnation, to do something totally new and big and different.”
A full track list is below.
For more information, please contact Regina Joskow: [email protected], 917-532-5687 or Ashley Moyer: [email protected], 615-928-4777 at Rounder, or Angie Carlson at Propeller Publicity: [email protected], 615-320-7672.
Track List
- Woodsong
- Sugar Tongue
- Able to Sing
- Compromise
- Virginia Woolf
- Happy in the Sorrow Key
- Power of Two
- Yoke
- Love of Our Lives
- World Falls
- Galileo
- Chickenman
- Fugitive
- Come A Long Way
- War Rugs
- Mystery
- Damo
- Come On Home
- Kid Fears
- Ghost
- Go
- Closer To Fine
Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra
June 29, 2018 on Rounder Records
22-Song Recording Out today as a Double CD and through all digital providers
Available on a 3-LP vinyl release on July 13
View the video for "Closer to Fine" from the live concert
June 29, 2018 - Nashville, TN - After a career spanning over three decades, GRAMMY-winning duo Indigo Girls are still breaking new ground. Today marks the release of Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra, a sprawling, 22-song collection of songs recorded in front of a sold-out audience in Boulder, CO. Seamlessly blending folk, rock, pop, and classical elements, this stunning recording elevates Amy Ray and Emily Saliers' songs to new emotional heights without sacrificing any of the intimacy and honesty that have defined their music over the decades. Deftly mixed by GRAMMY-winner Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris), these recordings showcase Indigo Girls at their finest: raw, real, and revelatory. The album is available as a double CD and through all digital providers; a three-LP vinyl edition will be available on July 13. Indigo Girls will be touring the US through October; scroll down for complete dates.
Spanning material from throughout the band's career, the album features a mix of reimagined classics, unexpected deep cuts, and tracks from Indigo Girls' latest studio album, One Lost Day. For fans, it's a chance to hear these songs in a new way: the 64-piece symphony wrings every ounce of passion from them, helping to bring the band's evocative storytelling to more vivid life than ever before. This invigorating recording captures the unmistakable sense of community and inclusion that's a hallmark of every Indigo Girls show, in part because Ray and Saliers considered themselves pieces of the orchestra for the performance, no more and no less important than any other artist on the stage.
Ray and Saliers' voices are both powerful and delicate here, their intertwined harmonies riding on the crest of an emotional tidal wave created by Sean O'Loughlin and Stephen Barber's richly cinematic arrangements.
"Compromise" wraps its punk roots around spaghetti western strings, while the brass on "Go" flexes explosive marching band muscle, and "The Power Of Two" nods to the lush arrangements of legendary songwriters like Tom Waits and Harry Nilsson. The energy in the room that night was infectious, with both the musicians and fans feeding off the same visceral electricity, and the crowd couldn't help but join in for a massive sing-along on "Closer To Fine."
"Amy and I have always tried to grow in our songwriting and work with different instruments and producers and players along the way," reflects Saliers. "The symphony shows were an opportunity to present ourselves in a completely different incarnation, to do something totally new and big and different."
For more information, please contact:
Angie Carlson | Propeller Publicity
[email protected], 615-320-7672
Rounder Records:
Regina Joskow: [email protected], 917-532-5687
Ashley Moyer: [email protected], 615-928-4777
Online media kit: http://mediakits.concordmusicgroup.com/p/indigo-girls-live-with-the-university-of-colorado-symphony-orchestra-/
Available in digital, cd, and for vinyl here: http://found.ee/IG_Pivot
INDIGO GIRLS SHOWS 2018
29 Jun Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
30 Jun San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater
01 Jul Laytonville, CA - Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
03 Jul Boston, MA - DHR Hatch Cell on the Esplanade (with the Boston Pops)
09 Jul Ocean City, NJ - Ocean City Music Pier
10 Jul Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
11 Jul Charlottesville, VA - Sprint Pavilion
13 Jul Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte
14 Jul Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
15 Jul Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
17 Jul Augusta, GA - Miller Theater
18 Jul Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
19 Jul Atlanta, GA - State Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
22 Jul Duluth, MN - Water Is Life Fest @ Bayfront Festival Park
28 Jul Evanston, IL - Live at Canal Shores: A SPACE 10TH Anniversary Event
17 Aug Strings Music Pavilion - Steamboat Springs, CO
18 Aug Lyons, CO - Folks Festival @ Planet Bluegrass Ranch
19 Aug Grand Junction, CO - Avalon Theatre
21 Aug Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
22 Aug Aspen, CO - Belly UP
24 Aug Waterloo, IA - Cedar Valley Pridefest 2018 @ Downtown Waterloo
12 Sep South Orange, NJ - SOPAC
12 Sep South Orange, NJ - SOPAC
14 Sep Boston, MA - Symphony Hall (with the New Philharmonia Orchestra)
15 Sep North Adams, MA - FreshGrass Festival
29 Sep Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater
30 Sep Kansas City, MO - Crossroads KC
03 Oct Houston, TX - House of Blues
04 Oct Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
09 Oct Englewood, NJ - Bergen Performing Arts Center
11 Oct Glenside, PA - The Keswick Theatre
12 Oct Glenside, PA - The Keswick Theatre
13 Oct York, PA - Appell Center for the Performing Arts @ Strand Theatre
14 Oct New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
Indigo Girls Issue Inspiring Call To Action With New Video for "Go" Featuring University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Created In Partnership with Never Again MSD
Watch "Go" HERE
July 18, 2018 - Nashville, TN - Voting rights. Civil rights. Marriage equality. School safety. Gun reform. During each of America's social movements, the voices of the young, old, and marginalized have galvanized to evoke a new and more progressive era. Indigo Girls give voice to that activist spirit in their song "Go," an anthem borne out of their own experience of facing prejudice. The song, a stirring call to action that challenges the listener to "raise your hands high, don't take a seat, don't stand aside this time, don't assume anything, just go" is as inspiring and relevant as when the song was written.
Originally inspired 20 years ago by the reaction of high school students to the cancellation of the band's shows on campuses in the Southeast due to the band members' sexuality and lyrical content, Amy Ray & Emily Saliers were moved by the class walkouts and protests of young people in the face of discrimination. As their urgent lyrics proclaim:
I know the kids are still upsetters
'Cause rock is cool but the struggle is better
Go go go...
Did they tell you it was set in stone?
That you'd end up alone?
Use your years to psyche you out
You're too old to care
You're too young to count
I said
Go Go Go
Those words prove newly resonant in the wake of student action against gun violence in schools. This new "Go" music video -- created in partnership with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida -- showcases some of the powerful images from the March For Our Lives held earlier this year. Along with the visuals of mobilized young people, the new symphonic arrangement performed by the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra helps underscore the song's pointed message.
This video is being released in the midst of the students' Road To Change Tour with a call to action to educate, register, and motivate young people to vote and refuse to accept gun violence as an unsolvable issue. The efforts are powered by Rock The Vote, one of the many socially conscious organizations Indigo Girls have partnered with in the past.
Watch the video for "Go" HERE
"When I feel mired down in the muck of our times, I look to the wisdom of the elders who paved the way, and the bravery and energy of the youth who are out there hitting the streets, creating the movements like March for Our Lives, Black Lives Matter, and marching against our nation's untenable immigration policies," said Ray.
Activism has played an integral role in the lives of Ray and her musical partner Emily Saliers throughout the band's career.
"Music helps us understand the world around us, and songs have always been a galvanizing force in social movements," reflects Saliers. "It's absolutely critical that we harness that passion for justice and vote. We have the power to elect people who can truly enact the change we seek."
The band's newly released album Indigo Girls Live With The University Of Colorado Symphony Orchestra showcases their greatest hits along with fan favorites, featuring orchestral arrangements by Sean O'Loughlin and Stephen Barber. It's available in digital, cd, and vinyl configurations now wherever music is sold and by clicking here.
Concert film directed by Cooper Carter at CarterFilm Productions. Special thanks to Eric Garner. Video editor: Ryan Pawlak.
For more information, contact:
Angie Carlson | Propeller Publicity
[email protected], 615-320-7672
Rounder Records:
Regina Joskow: [email protected], 917-532-5687
Ashley Moyer: [email protected], 615-928-4777
Online media kit here.
INDIGO GIRLS SHOWS 2018
18 Jul Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
19 Jul Atlanta, GA - State Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
22 Jul Duluth, MN - Water Is Life Fest @ Bayfront Festival Park
28 Jul Evanston, IL - Live at Canal Shores: A SPACE 10TH Anniversary Event - (SOLD OUT)
17 Aug Strings Music Pavilion - Steamboat Springs, CO - (SOLD OUT)
18 Aug Lyons, CO - Folks Festival @ Planet Bluegrass Ranch
19 Aug Grand Junction, CO - Avalon Theatre
21 Aug Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre - (SOLD OUT)
22 Aug Aspen, CO - Belly UP
24 Aug Waterloo, IA - Cedar Valley Pridefest 2018 @ Downtown Waterloo
12 Sep South Orange, NJ - SOPAC at 7 PM - (SOLD OUT)
12 Sep South Orange, NJ - SOPAC at 9:30 PM
14 Sep Boston, MA - Symphony Hall (with the New Philharmonia Orchestra)
15 Sep North Adams, MA - FreshGrass Festival
28 Sep Carmel, IN - Palladium
29 Sep Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater
30 Sep Kansas City, MO - Crossroads KC
02 Oct Fayetteville, AR - Walton Arts Center
03 Oct Houston, TX - House of Blues
04 Oct Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre - (SOLD OUT)
06 Oct Odessa, TX - Midland Odessa Symphony
08 Oct Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
09 Oct Englewood, NJ - Bergen Performing Arts Center
11 Oct Glenside, PA - The Keswick Theatre
12 Oct Glenside, PA - The Keswick Theatre
13 Oct York, PA - Appell Center for the Performing Arts @ Strand Theatre
14 Oct New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
20 Nov Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Pops Symphony
INDIGO GIRLS SHOWS 2019
30 Jan - 3 Feb Riviera Maya, Mexico at Hard Rock Hotel - Brandi Carlile's
Girls Just Wanna Weekend
09 Feb Ponte Vedra Beach, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
10 Feb - 13 Feb Montego Bay, Jamaica - Cayamo Cruise - (SOLD OUT)
15 Feb Minneapolis, MN - Orchestra Hall (with the Minneapolis Orchestra)