- Amy Ray( Amy Elizabeth Ray )【 56 songs in total 】
- Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records.
Born in Decatur, Georgia, Amy Ray met Emily Saliers when they both attended the same elementary school. They began performing together and recorded a demo in 1981. After graduation, Ray and Saliers went to different colleges with Ray attending Vanderbilt University. By 1985, both women had transferred to Emory University in Atlanta and formed the Indigo Girls. In 1986, Ray graduated from Emory with majors in English and Religion.
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 Prom, and in December 2006, she released Live from Knoxville. Her fourth solo album, the melodic Didn't It Feel Kinder, was released in August 2008. Lung of Love, which has more of an indie-rock sound, was released in 2012.
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. 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.
Ray currently lives in the foothills of North Georgia. She and her partner, Carrie Schrader, have a daughter, Ozilline Graydon.
In addition to the Indigo Girls 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. Some bands 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.'
Indie legend Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) appears on her 2014 album, Goodnight Tender, and she and Justin continue to maintain a friendship, and Justin is a huge Indigo Girls fan.
Ray was also a judge for the 3rd and 11th Annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
Discography
Studio albums
Stag (2001)
Prom (2004)
Didn't It Feel Kinder (2008)
Lung of Love (2012)
Goodnight Tender (2014)
Live albums
Live from Knoxville (2006)
MVP Live (2010)
The Tender Hour: Amy Ray Live From Seattle (2015)
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Anyhow
2014
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Bird in the Hand
2012
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Birds Of A Feather
2008
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Black Heart Today
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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Black Heart Today
Amy Elizabeth Ray
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Blame Is A Killer
2008
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Blender
2004
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Broken Record
2014
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9
Bus Bus
2008
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10
Cold Shoulder
2008
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11
Covered for You
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12
Crying in the Wilderness
2012
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13
Driver Education
Amy Ray
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14
Duane Allman
2014
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15
From Haiti
2012
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Give In
2004
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Give It a Go
2012
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Glow
2012
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19
Goodnight Tender
2014
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Hey Castrator
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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21
Hunter's Prayer
2015
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Hunter's Prayer
2014
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23
I Didn't
2012
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24
Johnny Rottentail
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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25
Laramie
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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Late Bloom
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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Lazyboy
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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28
Let It Ring
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29
Let the Spirit
2014
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30
Little Revolution
2012
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31
Lucy Stoners (live)
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32
Lucystoners
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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33
Lung of Love
2012
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34
Measure Of Me
Amy Ray/Kaia Wilson
Amy Ray/Kaia Wilson
2000
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35
More Pills
2014
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36
Mountains Of Glory
Amy E Ray
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37
Mtns Of Glory
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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38
My Dog(Provided)
2014
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39
Night Moves(Provided)
2015
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40
On Your Honor
Amy Ray
Amy Ray
2000
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41
Out On The Farm
2008
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42
Oyster and Pearl
2014
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43
Put It Out for Good
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44
Rabbit Foot
2008
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45
She's Got To Be
2008
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46
SLC Radio
2008
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47
Sober Girl
2004
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48
Stand And Deliver
2008
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49
The Gig That Matters
2014
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50
The Rise Of The Black Messiah(Provided)
2015
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51
The Rock Is My Foundation
2012
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52
Time Zone
2014
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53
When You Come for Me
2014
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54
When You're Gone, You're Gone
2015
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55
When You're Gone, You're Gone
2012
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56
Who Sold The Gun
2008