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	Amy Ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amy Ray, born on April 12, 1964 in Decatur, Georgia, is a singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls.
		Amy Ray (center) plays a solo show at the Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL on October 20, 2005.
		Ray is also an inspiring activist who fights for gay rights, abortion rights, Native American rights, low powered FM, and gun control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amy_Ray (264 words)

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		Amy K: In the spring of 1998, free shows you had scheduled in high schools in South Carolina and Tennessee were cancelled due to what the principals said were objectionable language but what was obviously homophobia.
		Amy Ray: Well, I think we have a great audience, and the audience is part of the show.
		Amy Ray: Every time we talk about doing side projects we have die-hard fans who are freaked because they think we're going to split up.
	www.mindspring.com /~indigo/articles/ig_EveryOtherWeekly_nov99.html (1635 words)

	WOMANROCK.com \| feature \| going stag: amy ray in solo mode
		Amy's musical and lyrical versatility is thick throughout this record.
		"Amy Ray is one person that walks it like she talks it.
		Amy was looking for a natural performance on 'Hey Castrator' without a lot a lot of polish.
	www.womanrock.com /features/amy_ray_stag.html (1030 words)

	Amy Ray
		Ray and Saliers took both the activist songs and the gleeful, breezy, music-for-the-sake-of-music songs to the masses as part of their 1997 Honor the Earth Tour.
		What Ray finds equally disturbing, though, is the difficulty in figuring out who owns what media, and the eagerness of big-time music publications to focus on celebrity instead of music.
		It's not all politics for Ray -- it couldn't be, for a woman who professes an early love of both the Allman Brothers and David Cassidy, for a woman whose first song was "Bennie the Penny and I" ("I don't even know it anymore," she confesses.
	www.rambles.net /amy_ray.html (672 words)

	AlterNet: Amy Ray Does It Her Way
		Amy herself was born and raised outside of Atlanta and currently lives on a ranch in the country on the outskirts of nearby Athens, Georgia.
		Ray admits that straddling that line between indie and big-label music is an ongoing inner struggle for her.
		Ray makes it clear that after the Indigo Girls' next two albums are done and their commitment to Epic is satisfied, they'll be seriously considering going to an indie label themselves, although probably not Daemon, because of Ray's closeness to the label.
	www.alternet.org /story/10696 (2646 words)

	Amy Ray: Stag (2001): Reviews
		The solo debut from The Indigo Girls' Amy Ray is a bit of a departure from her band's folk sound, instead offering a harder, punk-rock edge.
		Ray at last gives full voice to her riot grrrl urges, and if the CD isn't exactly combustible, it does evoke the spirit of such Ray heroes as Husker Du and mid-period Replacements.
		Amy Ray is part of the punk aesthetic and is not about to sit back and watch the world go by.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/rayamy/stag (530 words)

	Amy Ray Speaks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		NUVO: caught up with Amy Ray recently to get her thoughts on the group's new direction, the aftermath of Lilith and the attitudes toward women in the music industry.
		Ray: The rhythmic structures have everything to do with the fact that the producer we worked with is a drummer.
		Ray: When I wrote "Faye Tucker," it was a very straightforward Appalachian song, kind of in the style of "Chickenman," kind of a Appalachian murder ballad kind of song.
	www.nuvo.net /archive/120299/120299_sound_c.html (1359 words)

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		Amy, on the other hand, was convinced that if they worked hard enough, she would find them a recording contract.
		Ray's abiding need to be faithful to a world of misfits and the dispossessed goes a long way in explaining why the Indigo Girls have never been completely accepted by the music establishment.
		Saliers speaks of Ray's "vision" and how Ray first came up with her own marketing strategies for the band, such as playing in rock clubs rather than limiting themselves to the bars and clubs that were friendly to folk singers.
	www.mindspring.com /~indigo/articles/ig_AtlantaMag_mar97.html (2585 words)

	Stag Party
		Stag is punk from the get-go, with Ray scoffing through "Johnny Rottentail." It hardly matters that the song’s only elements are her voice and mandolin — she nails the spirit.
		Ray acknowledges she brought the Butchies on board for their punk background, but gave them more to do when they showed they could handle it.
		Amy Ray and the Butchies’ performance with Tami Hart on Thu., April 5 at the North Star Bar is sold out.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/040501/mus.amyray.shtml (583 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amy said, "We don’t have a name for the band yet." Someone in the audience shouted, "Amy and the Rays!" Amy repeated the name and laughed.
		At times, Amy played her guitar and sang with what seemed like anger, while other times, she seemed to just be happy to be jamming.
		Amy’s bassist, Jody, was on fire from the beginning to the end.
	home.comcast.net /~maureen21/amyray.htm (1367 words)

	The Indigo Girls' Amy Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amy Ray is one half of the Indigo Girls - a singer, prolific songwriter, and, with the release of her critically-acclaimed 2001 album, Stag, a talented solo artist as well.
		Well-loved for their music, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are also known for their activism and support of many social justice issues.
		Amy Ray: I support the right of women to have the power to make their own decisions concerning their own body.
	www.choiceusa.org /editorial/article.php?type=artist&id=157 (585 words)

	Indigo Girls' Amy Ray revisiting high school angst \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		For Amy Ray, one half of Indigo Girls, it was the perfect setting for a solo concept record.
		Ray, who was in marching band and was a self-described nerd and hippie, plays with the idea of identity in the liner notes.
		Ray approaches the writing process a little differently when she's writing for her duo versus her solo work.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printDS/74320.php (644 words)

	Amy Ray and the Butchies at the Bowery Ballroom, April 6, 2001 (NY Rock) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Amy Ray first surfaced from behind the stage's curtain, the shrieks were startling.
		But at heart, Amy Ray is as punk as Joey Ramone (R.I.P.), and there's no disputing the intensity she exudes.
		Ray closed the set with "a feminist interpretation" of Tom Petty's "Refugee." Never thought I could rock out to that song, but Ray taught me how.
	www.nyrock.com /reviews/2001/amyray.asp (904 words)

	Daemon Records - Amy Ray
		Amy Ray's second solo album, Prom, explores the dance between gender and sexuality, man and woman, youth and adulthood, authority and rebellion.
		These ten songs are full of characters from Amy's past and present, including the disenfranchised kids from her high school days, loves lost to addiction and abuse, and the teenagers that now inhabit her southern rural neighborhood.
		Ray says she feels as though she inhabits the male part of her psyche when she plays rock or punk, but is unsure whether that's because of where the music is coming from in her, or what is expected by a society that expects rebellion from boys and propriety from girls.
	www.daemonrecords.com /amy (1149 words)

	Paul and Amy's 2000 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amy recalls that the Ray Markoff with an electronic stock ticker on his computer desktop in the year 2000, used to write "Die Yuppie Scum" on his notebooks back in high school in the 80's.
		Amy, well, it's against some of Amy's most deeply held moral and ethical beliefs to strap anything to her feet that will cause her to go down a hill very fast.
		Amy found it ironic that, having grown up in New York State, she was seeing the falls for the first time on a vacation to Canada from California.
	www.markoffjohnson.net /OldNews/News00/news00full.html (4075 words)

	Amy Ray, MP3 Music Download at eMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amy Ray teamed up with Emily Saliers while in high school, and soon the duo became a staple in the Atlanta music scene.
		Her mission was to support local artists at a grassroots level, to teach young artists how to further their own careers, and to keep the independent spirit alive, not only in the Atlanta music community, but in herself as well.
		The depths and intensity of her artistry and emotions are revealed in awe-inspiring performances on its ten songs, giving Ray a forum to more fully express her political stances and questions of self in a voice and style not quite suited for an Indigo Girls album.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11573/11573401.html (457 words)

	VH1.com : The Indigo Girls : Indigo Girl Amy Ray Gets Raw On Solo Debut
		On her solo debut, Stag, Amy Ray shows off her indie sensibilities with a rebellious fusion of punk, folk and pop that sounds different than even her most electric work as half the folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls.
		Ray's willingness to flip the music industry the bird in "Stoners" is indicative of the rebellious spirit of Stag.
		Ray found making a record without her Indigo collaborator of 20 years, Emily Saliers, "difficult and different." Saliers is the more accomplished guitar player, and though the two write separately, they work out arrangements together.
	www.vh1.com /artists/news/1441259/03022001/indigo_girls.jhtml (831 words)

	MediaBeat
		Ray is too thoughtful, poetic, and mindful of melody to make a one dimensional record.
		Perhaps the best example of Ray’s newfound boldness is the bitterly sarcastic “Lucystoners,” a tune ripping Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner for his magazine’s relentless objectification of wo- men, narrow and limited coverage of female artists, and cowardly acquiescence to the anti-gay rhetoric of featured rock and rap stars.
		With the explosive release of the chorus, “everybody’s got a right to be free/you don’t have to live like a refugee,” she brought the show to a close on a final, delirious note of hope and resistance.
	www.zmag.org /ZMag/june01carter.htm (970 words)

	Indigo Girls: Amy Ray
		You shouldn't be surprised that Amy chose Stag for her first solo record, saying that the word's natural ability to conjure up images of a stag party and gender issues seemed perfectly suitable.
		Amy, who with her charmingly androgynous looks and always-forthright music, says that going solo was something she had to do to explore her multi-faceted tastes for the tune.
		Let's face it, Amy's no fool and she hand-picked a talented bunch of musicians to collaborate on Stag, including The Butchies (who will be on the Stag tour with Amy), Kate Shellenbach (Luscious Jackson), Rock-A-Teens, and the one and only Joan Jett, who sings one of her signature "yeah's" at the end of Hey Castrator.
	www.musicomh.com /interviews/indigo-girls.htm (959 words)

	MMandIG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Not long after her chance meeting with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, Michelle quit college and began performing locally, in and around, Atlanta.
		Michelle said, “(Amy) got mad because I wasn’t performing and coerced me onto the stage.” Michelle started playing in between sets at Indigo Girls shows, as well as performing solo gigs, honing her singing and her stage presence.
		Amy took Kristen and a shopping bag full of lyrics over to Michelle’s house because, she thought Michelle and Kristen would make a successful song writing team.
	home.comcast.net /~maureen21/mmnig.htm (482 words)

	Ink 19 ::: Search results for 'Ray'
		RAY ETHEREAL JOURNEY Ray Leonard Intended to bring the listener "to a state of relaxation and reflection," according to the liner notes, Ethereal Journey succeeds very well at creating peaceful, restful synth atmospheres well suited to deep relaxation or meditation.
		SEA RAY STARS AT NOON Self-Starter Foundation Sea Ray is a six-piece band from Brooklyn that augments the traditional rock groups' guitar, bass and drums with keyboards and cello.
		AMY RAY STAG Daemon Denizens of Atlanta's live music scene over the past decade or so are well familiar with the presence of The Indigo Girls' Amy Ray.
	search.ink19.com /cgi-bin/htsearch?words=Ray&format=long&method=and&sort=score&config=ink19&type=xref (508 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Music Story - Girls to 'Stag': Amy Ray plays tough
		As a raw-throated folk visionary, Amy Ray has helped to impress the Indigo Girls' place in pop's developmental psychology, referencing historical and social observations as a means of dignifying the process of figuring it all out.
		This month, Ray releases her first solo record, "Stag" -- a more searing collection of epithets against discrimination, oppression and, well, the music industry -- on her own Decatur, Ga., imprint, Daemon Records.
		It's full-circle time for Ray, who's seen the ins and outs of marketing and expectation with Epic Records as an Indigo Girl, and seen them through to a vital adherence to her own musical vision.
	orlandoweekly.com /music/story.asp?id=4600 (1014 words)

	Out In The Mountains : Arts & Entertainment - Amy Ray Goes Stag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although her opening track “Johnny Rottentail” could pass for an Appalachian folk anthem, Ray quickly settles into a beat that is propelled by percussion, bass, and a heavy dose of electric guitar.
		This instrumentation, coupled with Ray’s decision to adopt the more primitive studio technology of the Indigo Girls’ early recordings, helps her to achieve a raw, slightly unpolished sound that is characteristic of many independent-label releases.
		Ray is at her best, in fact, when searching out an explanation for our myriad social ills—be they violence, sexism, or homophobia.
	www.mountainpridemedia.org /oitm/issues/2001/jun2001/ae01_ray.htm (793 words)

	WOMANROCK.com \| feature \| amy ray and the birth of indie industry
		When Amy Ray started Daemon Records, her aim was to stay connected to the independent underground, a community that supported her early on.
		Amy's personal experience with the Atlanta music scene set the tone for her philosophy at Daemon.
		Amy is now working on a solo record to be released on Daemon next year - a chance to assert a somewhat edgier Indigo Girl.
	www.womanrock.com /features/amy_ray.html (649 words)

	Amy Ray - Stag: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		More than that, though, it is pure Amy Ray [+] -- her activism and her artistry melding and achieving something remarkable.
		Amid the outcries of injustice, all of these songs surely hold personal truths for Ray, but a few seem to be bouts with more personal demons.
		To record these tunes, Ray turned to the bands who inspired her melodic wanderlust, handpicking different groups for each song.
	www.music.com /release/stag/2 (541 words)

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		Grammy-Award winners Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the Indigo Girls, have taken performing one step further to organizing and appearing on several iconoclastic tours.
		It was Saliers' and Ray's connection to the students, however, that prevailed in the end.
		Says Ray: "We were struck by the students' energy and willingness to engage in and question life.
	www.colleges.com /Umagazine/exclusives/spitfire/amyray.html (302 words)

	T Cooper
		photo: The Indigo Girls' Amy Ray was so touched by T Cooper's Some of the Parts that she agreed to lend her acoustic talent to the book's local reading and signing next week.
		Just as the characters in Some of the Parts find each other, Cooper and her novel are drawing support from some famous local favorites who identify with the tale, including Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls.
		At the Outwrite reading, Ray promises acoustic performances of new material as well as a few songs from her solo venture "Stag," some of which deal with gender issues.
	www.t-cooper.com /press_southernvoice.html (792 words)

	Out of the blue / Indigo Girl Amy Ray strikes out on her own with punk album 'Stag'
		Ray has just released "Stag," an entirely more punk than folk collection, on her indie label, Daemon Records, out of Decatur, Ga. With North Carolina rockers the Butchies backing her, the singer is touring with neither plush bus nor road manager (she plays Friday and Saturday at Slim's in San Francisco).
		With typically poetic conviction, Ray recalls Matthew Shepard's brutal killing to rally for hate-crime legislation in "Laramie." In "Hey Castrator," she remembers hating boys in high school for objectifying the same girls she found sexy.
		Seems Ray had nothing bitter to say about her band mate, a rarity for debut solo albums.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/22/PK140945.DTL&type=printable (770 words)

	Amy Ray - Prom: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Listeners who rallied around Stag [+], Amy Ray [+]'s 2001 collection of punk-kissed roots rock, will find Prom [+] to be an equal if not better slice of "blue state" Americana swathed in a "red state" wrapper.
		The darker half of the Indigo Girls has tapped into her Southern past and created a record that manages to paint youth as a struggle against both colors of the political spectrum.
		It's hard to balance sweetness and anger, but Ray -- who always manages to find a kind of winsome humor somewhere in the middle -- makes it look easy, and her not-so-subtle mix of attitude, nostalgia, and compassion makes for a perfectly enlightening road trip of an album.
	www.music.com /release/prom/1 (271 words)

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