Update:
Strange Fire ***1/2
Indigo Girls (1989) ****1/2
Nomads, Indians, Saints (1990) ***1/2
Swamp Ophelia (1994) ****
1.200 Curfews (1995) *****
Come On Now Social (1999) ***1/2
All That We Let In (2004) ****
Despite Our Differences (2007) ***1/2
Poseidon & the Bitter Bug (2009) ****
Leider wurde ‚Poseidon‘ vom Rolling Stone sträflich ignoriert, obwohl mit ‚Sugar Tongue‘ einer der schönsten Indigo Girls-Songs aller Zeiten drauf ist. Ich hoffe mal, diese Ignoranz hält nicht an.
Ende Juni gibt’s ein neues Live-Paket namens ‚Staring Down the Brilliant Dream‘:
Staring Down the Brilliant Dream, the newest release from Indigo Girls, will be released on June 29.
Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers celebrate their long-standing passion for live performance on their upcoming release, Staring Down the Brilliant Dream. The 2-disc CD features 31 songs, each hand-selected by the GRAMMY®-winning duo to capture the most memorable moments of their 2006 2009 shows. The CD reflects the spontaneity of a typical Indigo s concert and includes a mix of solo performances and other numbers backed by their full band, plus vocal collaborations with such guests artists as Brandi Carlile and Jill Hennessey. Staring Down the Brilliant Dream encapsulates the wide range of emotions that fill their shows with fire and wonder, from the warm, sing-a-long spirit of Saliers‘ Closer to Fine to the political combustion of Ray’s Go. With two decades and countless concerts behind them, it would be understandable if the duo now found it hard to distinguish one concert from the next. Instead, as this CD proves, they remain as engaged and present onstage as ever. For each track, Saliers and Ray have penned personal notes on how they wrote the song, what they remember about that specific show, and why among the thousands to chose from they value this performance so much. This 2-disc set is a brilliant reminder of all those concerts we were lucky to catch and consolation for the ones we hated to miss.
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I'm pretty good with the past. It's the present I can't understand.