Amy Ray

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Amy Ray joins Rhett from her home in Georgia to talk about her recently released solo album and the new music she’s working on for an Indigo Girls project. Amy and Rhett discuss the epiphany moment she had when she first sang with Indigo Girls co-founder Emily Saliers, the headiness of achieving success early in her career, and why her activism and support of emerging artists helps her navigate the challenges of self-doubt. Listen to Amy’s new album If It All Goes South Amy Ray website Amy on IG @amyraymusic Rhett on IG: @rhettmiller Website: Rhettmiller.com Go see a show! Rhett’s tour dates are here Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Find Rhett's podcast #WheelsOff and other music-powered shows on @Osirispod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIMUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.0	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.0	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.0	We started on and ain't gonna stop.
0:16.0	Oh, she made me feel like a good car.
0:19.0	That's when it got wheels off. Amy Ray is known for her partner in the band, Emily
0:22.6	Amy Ray is known for her work with Indigo Girls,
0:27.6	which she and her partner in the band, Emily,
0:31.6	officially formed in 1985, though they started performing together in 1981.
0:40.3	Amy has a great new solo album that just came out called If It All Goes South.
0:45.3	It is, I think, her sixth, maybe her seventh solo record.
0:50.3	She's made a lot of records.
0:51.3	She, as a solo artist, and she, with the end of go girls, have made a lot of records. She as a solo artist and she, with the Indigo Girls, have made a lot of records.
0:57.3	And she, like I say at the end of this interview, she has walked the walk.
1:01.2	She has done a lot to advance the causes closest to her heart.
1:10.8	She is a true activist, and I admire her for that.
1:15.8	And I really admire her approach to music in general,
1:19.1	ever since the first time I heard Closer to Fine on the radio.
1:23.8	I remember driving.
1:26.1	I tried not to tell her this, but I wound up telling her at one point during the interview.
1:30.8	I pulled over.
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