ARTIST

Indigo Girls

With their warm, passionate blend of folk guitars, shimmering harmonies, and intelligent wordplay, the Indigo Girls have managed to cross the bridge to mainstream success while keeping one foot planted in the terra firma integrity of their musical roots.

Singer-songwriters Amy Ray and Emily Saliers had been performing together at clubs and coffeehouses around Atlanta since the early '80s, when R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe suggested they call themselves Indigo Girls, a name they adopted in 1985. An eponymous, independently released 1986 EP and subsequent full-length album (1987's Strange Fire) failed to generate much interest in the acoustic-based duo outside of their home state of Georgia. But a new torrent of commercially-popular female pop acts led by Tracy...
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