Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, and many other musicians will recreate Bob Dylan‘s 1975 masterpiece Blood on the Tracks onstage at a 50th anniversary concert next month, joined by three of the album’s original musicians. The Jan. 24 tribute concert, Shelter From the Storm, is organized by the Bob Dylan Center …
Read More »Fans Recall How Indigo Girls Helped Them Through Sexuality and Sobriety in 'It's Only Life After All' Doc
As much as the new documentary film Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All casts a light on the trailblazing history of the queer duo, it also celebrates the community that formed around them beginning in the late-Eighties. A new scene from the film, in theaters April 10 for a …
Read More »Indigo Girls Talk Being a Queer Band in the '80s and '90s in New Doc Trailer: 'People Feared for Their Careers'
In the new trailer for Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers discuss the challenges of being a queer band in the late-Eighties onward, from not fitting in, to the lack of mainstream media coverage. The trailblazing duo Indigo Girls — who released their debut …
Read More »Hear the Indigo Girls Perform 'Closer to Fine' in 2002 — Two Decades Before the 'Barbie' Boom
Back in 2002, just a few weeks after releasing their album Become You, the Indigo Girls appeared on Mountain Stage, the long-running nationally syndicated radio show based in Charleston, West Virginia. Towards the end of their set, the duo delivered a lovely rendition of “Closer to Fine,” already the band’s …
Read More »New Docs on Biz Markie, Milli Vanilli to Screen at Tribeca Festival
New documentaries about Biz Markie and Milli Vanilli are among the films set to screen at 2023 Tribeca Festival, which takes place June 7 through 18 in New York City. The Sacha Jenkins-directed All Up in the Biz, a documentary on the late New York hip-hop legend Biz Markie — …
Read More »Chris Isaak, Indigo Girls to Receive Americana Lifetime Achievement Awards
Chris Isaak and Indigo Girls will soon have their work recognized with Lifetime Achievement honors from the Americana Music Association. The “Wicked Game” singer-songwriter and the folk duo will be honored along with Fairfield Four, Don Williams, and Al Bell at the 2022 Americana Honors and Awards ceremony in Nashville …
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