The Indigo Girls Are Full of Gratitude

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Since 1985, Emily Sailers and Amy Ray have been known as the Indigo Girls, and they’ve never once stopped making music or sharing their message of acceptance. The two met when they were kids in Decatur, Georgia,, and once they started playing together in high school, it didn’t take long for their unique sound to find an audience—first regionally, then nationally, and eventually worldwide. Last summer, when their hit song “Closer to Fine” was featured prominently in the movie Barbie, they seemed to catch fire with a whole new generation, and now they’re back with a slew of new projects. A documentary called It’s Only Life After All delves into their lives, their struggles, and their activism; a rom-com called Glitter & Doom is set to their music; and of course there’s some new songs. Sid also asks about Emily’s longtime passion for food and cooking, the bar in Atlanta where they got their start, and what it’s been like to endure as openly gay artists in the South and the music industry. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Producer/Audio Editor Jennifer Del Sole - Director of Audio Growth Strategy & Operations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Sid Evans.
0:09.1	And today I'm talking with one of the most iconic folk rock duos of the last 40 years.
0:15.3	Since 1985, Emily Saylars and Amy Ray have been known as the Indigo Girls.
0:20.9	And they've never once stopped making music or sharing their message of acceptance.
0:25.6	The two met when they were kids in Decatur, Georgia.
0:28.8	And once they started playing together in high school,
0:31.5	it didn't take long for their unique sound to find an audience,
0:35.6	first regionally, then nationally, and eventually worldwide.
0:39.6	Last summer, when their hit song Closer to Find was featured prominently in the movie Barbie,
0:45.2	they seemed to catch fire with a whole new generation. And now they're back with a slew of new
0:50.7	projects. A documentary called Its Only Life After All delves into their lives, their
0:56.6	struggles, and their activism. A rom-com called Glitter and Doom is set to their music. And of course,
1:04.0	there's some new songs. We'll also talk about Emily's longtime passion for food and cooking,
1:10.2	the bar in Atlanta where they got their start,
1:12.8	and what it's been like to endure as openly gay artists in the South
1:16.7	and in the music industry.
1:18.4	All on this week's Biscuits and Jam.
1:25.3	Well, Amy Ray and Emily Saylor's, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.
1:29.1	Thank you. Thanks for having us.
1:31.3	It is such an honor to have y'all on this show. I can't believe you're here, but I'm really excited to talk to y'all and I've been listening to your music for a very long time.
1:42.3	And it was a big part of the soundtrack of my youth. So I'm excited to talk to y'all.
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