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Amy Elizabeth Ray (* 12. April 1964) ist eine US-amerikanische Singer-Songwriterin und Musikerin. Zusammen mit Emily Saliers bildet sie das Folk-Duo Indigo Girls.[1] Als Solokünstlerin hat sie zehn Alben veröffentlicht und 1989 das Independent-Label Daemon Records gegründet. Sie ist bekannt für ihre markante Alt-Stimme und spielt akustische sowie E-Gitarre, Mandoline und Harmonika.
Werdegang
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Amy Ray wurde in Decatur, Georgia geboren, wo sie Emily Saliers kennen lernte, als beide die selbe Grundschule besuchten.[2] Sie begannen zusammen aufzutreten und nahmen ihre ersten Demo-Songs im Jahr 1981 auf. Nach dem Schulabschluss entschieden sie sich für verschiedene Universitäten, Amy Ray besuchte die Vanderbilt University.[3] 1985 wechselten beide an die Emory University in Atlanta und gründeten die Indigo Girls.[3] 1986 schloss Ray ihr Studium in den Fachrichtungen Anglistik und Theologie ab.Vorlage:Citation needed
In March 2001, Ray released her first solo album, Stag, a southern and punk rock album. The Butchies, a punk band whose members include Kaia Wilson, Melissa York, and Alison Martlew, provided support for five songs, and Joan Jett played on "Hey Castrator". In April 2005, Ray released the softer edged[4] Prom, and in December 2006, she released Live from Knoxville. Her fourth solo album, the melodic[4] Didn't It Feel Kinder, was released in August 2008. Lung of Love, which has more of an indie-rock sound,[4] was released in 2012.[4][5]
Her backup band for her Stag tour was The Butchies. In 2004, when she embarked on her Prom tour, she brought Les Nuby (guitar), Will Lochamy (drums), and Jody Bleyle (bass). Tara Jane O'Neil replaced Bleyle when she began maternity leave in October. Vorlage:Citation needed Ray's backup band for her 2012 Lung of Love tour was The Butchies. Jenn Stone, former keyboard player for Kesha, also performed on the tour.[5]
Nebenprojekte
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]In addition to the Indigo Girls[6][7] and her work as a solo artist, Ray also runs an independent record label, Daemon Records, which she founded in 1990 and which is based in Decatur, Georgia.[7] Some performers signed to Daemon include Girlyman, Magnapop, Nineteen Forty-Five, Michelle Malone, Three Finger Cowboy, Danielle Howle and the Tantrums, Gerard McHugh, New Mongrels, Grady Cousins, The Oblivious, Snow Machine, Utah Phillips and Rose Polenzani.
She often collaborates with The Butchies, a punk band featuring drummer Melissa York and vocalist/guitarist Kaia Wilson. She has contributed the live track "Lucy Stoners" on Calling All Kings & Queens (2001) and the Mr. Lady Records sampler album as well as a live recording of "On Your Honor" on a compilation for Home Alive.
Ray is also an activist involved in multiple political and social causes, including gay rights, low-power broadcasting, women's rights, indigenous struggles, gun control, environmental protection and the anti-death penalty movement among others. She has made several trips to Chiapas, Mexico to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
In 1993, she and Emily Saliers co-founded Honor the Earth with Winona LaDuke. Honor the Earth's mission is "to create awareness and support for Native [American] environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native [American] communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard."[8]
Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) appears on her 2014 album Goodnight Tender, and she and Vernon continue to maintain a friendship.[9]
Ray was also a judge for the 3rd[10] and 11th Annual[11] Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
Persönliches
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Ray uses she/her pronouns and is a lesbian.[12] Ray lives in the foothills of North Georgia with her partner, Carrie Schrader, and their daughter, Ozilline Graydon.[13][14] In March 2021, Ray spoke on the LGBTQ&A podcast about having gender dysphoria and being genderqueer.[15]
Ray identifies herself as "religious" and a "Pagan Christian".[16]
Diskographie
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Studioalben
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Stag (2001)
- Prom (2005)
- Didn't It Feel Kinder (2008)
- Lung of Love (2012)
- Goodnight Tender (2014)
- Holler (2018)[17]
- If It All Goes South (2022)
Live-Alben
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Live from Knoxville (2006)
- MVP Live (2010)
- The Tender Hour: Amy Ray Live from Seattle (2015)
References
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- ↑ Monger, Timothy: Amy Ray | Biography. AllMusic, 2021, abgerufen am 15. April 2022.
- ↑ Rebecca Burns: From Brenda Lee to Ludacris: A Sonic Portrait of Our City. In: Atlanta Magazine. 43. Jahrgang, Nr. 2. Emmis Communications, Juni 2003, ISSN 0004-6701, S. 80 (google.com [abgerufen am 11. Juli 2017]).
- ↑ a b John Malkin: Sounds of freedom: musicians on spirituality & social change. Parallax, 2005, ISBN 978-1-888375-47-3, 48 (archive.org).
- ↑ a b c d Ricardo Baca: Amy Ray: An Indigo Girl gone solo — but only temporarily, The Denver Post, March 3, 2012
- ↑ a b Sarah Rodman: Amy Ray's 5 top things about touring as a solo girl ( des vom January 18, 2013 im Webarchiv archive.today), The Boston Globe, April 13, 2012
- ↑ Jon Caramanica: Where the Outdoors Are Humming With Melodies and Messages, June 17, 2009
- ↑ a b Mina Carson, Tisa Lewis, Susan M. Shaw: Girls rock!: fifty years of women making music. UP of Kentucky, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8131-2310-3, S. 144 (google.com).
- ↑ Campaigns. Honor the Earth, archiviert vom am 6. Oktober 2013; abgerufen am 27. Januar 2014.
- ↑ Episode 22 – Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) In: Cigar City Management. Abgerufen im March 29, 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ "3rd Annual IMA Judges" web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.
- ↑ "11th Annual IMA Judges. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Amy Ray, the Indigo Girls, and the Soundtrack of Our Gay Lives. In: The Advocate. 30. März 2021, abgerufen am 30. März 2021 (englisch).
- ↑ Melissa Ruggieri: Amy Ray talks new country album, new baby and Indigo Girls ( des vom September 28, 2016 im Internet Archive), Access Atlanta, January 10, 2014. Abgerufen im February 2, 2014
- ↑ Indigo Girls' Amy Ray on tattoos and coming out - Windy City Times News. In: Windy City Times. 2. November 2011, abgerufen am 22. Februar 2021.
- ↑ LGBTQ&A: Amy Ray: Indigo Girls FOREVER (!!!), May 4, 2021. Abgerufen im February 13, 2023
- ↑ Helen Jerome: Ten Year Town: Amy Ray. In: Holler. 16. November 2022, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2023 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ Amy Ray Band On Mountain Stage. In: NPR.org. 7. März 2019, abgerufen am 10. März 2019.