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The success of 10,000 Maniacs, Tracy Chapman, and Suzanne Vega encouraged Epic Records to enlist other folk-based female singer-songwriters; Epic signed the duo in 1988. . Their first major-label release, also named Indigo Girls, which scored No. 22 on the album chart, included a new version of "Land of Canaan", which was also on their 1985 EP album and on Strange Fir
1985–present. Labels. IG Records. Member of. Indigo Girls. Website. emilysaliers .com. Emily Ann Saliers (born July 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers sings soprano and plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.
An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not included.
Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group 's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It consisted solely of female solo artists and female ...
Closer to Fine. " Closer to Fine " is a folk single by Indigo Girls, an American songwriting duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The single, released in 1989 from their eponymous second album, was written by Saliers. The song primarily speaks to the search for meaning in life. "Closer to Fine" was reviewed favorably, and appeared in ...
The Bay Area psych/folk/hard rockers rarely receive proper credit for their contributions to rock ’n’ roll — which is puzzling, since they were the first all-female rock band to release a ...
The Chicks. Chop Chop (band) Cleveland Women's Orchestra. The Clingers. CocoRosie. Conquer Divide. The Continental Co-ets. Coon Creek Girls. Copper Wimmin.
Galileo (song) " Galileo " is a song written by Emily Saliers and recorded and performed by folk rock group the Indigo Girls. It was released in 1992 on their platinum-selling fourth studio album Rites of Passage. It reached #10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, the first song by the Indigo Girls to break the top ten on any chart.