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Artist: Indigo Girls
Website: www.myspace.com/indigogirlsmusic or www.indigogirls.com/

Along time ago (and it would appear to be 20 years more or less) I heard a wonderful song called “Closer To Fine” and it it stuck. To be frank it’s still stuck in my head. It’s one of those songs that I don’t need to have on my MP3 player (but it finds it’s way there every now and then just the same). I can hear the words (there are lots of them) and their harmonies and the wonderful jangly guitars and the tin whistle break.

Just perfect.

For those of you who may not have heard it, just nip across to the myspace site and check it out, don’t worry the rest of us will wait for you, we’ll just hum it to ourselves while we wait. Trust me.

Ok, you’re back. Good isn’t it and I’ll bet you checked out a few of the other songs that were there as well.

Did you note a track called “Pendulum Swingers”, it’s from their 2006 album “Despite Our Differences” (produced by the amazing Mitchell Froom).

it takes on institutional sexism and what the Girls view as President Bush’s wrongheaded approach to the war on terrorism. “Even though it’s a pop song,” Saliers acknowledges, “it’s saying you’re not gonna win this with a bullwhip or posing with your hands on your hips like Mr. Tough-Guy President. The only way to stop this madness is through love. That’s a simple sentiment, but I believe it at my core.”

Here is the video clip from YouTube…

With an election coming up in Australia they are talking to us as well. They have been releasing albums for 20 years as Indigo Girls and Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have “politely declined the opportunity to mellow with age”. Full on environmental and social-justice activists they have spent their entire career pushing boundaries on a variety of fronts. So? Why stop now?

Also over the YouTube Indigo Girls site there are some videos of some live performance they did for “Honor The Earth” as well as Rock and Rolls Heavens Gate which features Pink on vocals (the Indigo Girls appeared on her last album). Why Stop Ever?

Let’s finish of with a live version “Land Of Caaan” over at YouTube. I am truly glad they are still writing and recording and performing, it would be great to see them out here in Australia. Some time… soonish.

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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