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  Don and Emily Saliers
EMILY SALIERS: Doing any circuit with my dad is great.
When Emily was in high school, singing in some state convention, they sang "Now I Walk in Beauty." It turns out that it was an old Navaho song—and it moved Emily and us to tears, it was so beautiful.
EMILY: No. In a way it takes on the Church and what they did—forcing Galileo to recant, and all the abuses of power that happen in any institutionalized gathering—but it's sort of tongue in cheek because it's also an exploration of reincarnation, not a Christian concept, per se.
www.wittenburgdoor.com /archives/saliers.html   (2362 words)

  
 Christian Century: Musical lives: Don and Emily Saliers on the religious power of song - Interview
Emily Saliers, daughter of Don and Jane Saliers, is co-founder, with Amy Ray, of the Indigo Girls, a Grammy Award--winning singer-song-writer duo.
Emily: The terms have little meaning for me. A song that is deemed secular is one that has nothing to do with the church, or doesn't come from a sacred text.
Emily: A song like "Power of Two" is really a love song, but it is also about what happens in sacrifice for love and what the coming together of people can mean in your life.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_24_119/ai_95206016   (1626 words)

  
 Emory Magazine | Autumn 2002
Saliers is particularly proud of the strides Emory has made toward equality and acceptance for gay community members.
Emily says she grew up in an intellectual “community of lefties” where music and learning were as essential air and water.
Don and Emily already have begun work on their book by taping hours of conversations with one another, which is how they plan to develop most of the material.
www.emory.edu /EMORY_MAGAZINE/autumn2002/harmonies.html   (1078 words)

  
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Saliers says that she plans to spend as much time at Watershed as she can when she's not on the road or recording.
Saliers, 35, the redhaired half of the uber-folkie duo Indigo Girls, usually seen onstage in front of the waving hands of thousands, has worked her way down to wiping off counter tops and serving up sandwiches.
Saliers says her dose of hands-on labor has had a mysterious positive effect on her music.
www.mindspring.com /~indigo/articles/ig_watershed.html   (2017 words)

  
 Indigo Girls: interview
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are as well known in the USA for their campaigning social and political agenda as for their guitar-driven folk-country music.
Emily, the very picture of a lovable little bird, was immediately involved, sliding forward in her perch.
Emily, looking like she might burst if not allowed to agree with Amy's comments, adds, "They'd never admit it, but it is a primal reaction at the root ot it".
www.musicomh.com /interviews/indigo-girls-2.htm   (2623 words)

  
 JS Online Chat
Emily Saliers, half of the Grammy Award winning duo from Georgia - the Indigo Girls - chatted with readers June 28 - the day before she will be dishing up her folksy-style of rock at Summerfest on the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage.
Saliers' songwriting style has been compared to that of Joni Mitchell - a gentle, complex sound leaning toward the abstract spiritual side - which is in contrast to her partner, Amy Ray, whose influences span the punk rock genre.
A: Emily Saliers -- We joined up with Winona LaDuke at Earth Day in 1991 and began to merge some environment work with hers because a lot of the environmental issues are happening on indian land.
www.jsonline.com /chat/june00/saliers062800.asp?format=print   (1276 words)

  
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A place at her table Singing with the Indigo Girls may keep Emily Saliers busy, but she still finds time even to bus tables at her hometown restaurant, Watershed By Stacie Stukin The Advocate, March 28, 2000 When Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls indulges her passion for cooking, she's a purist.
Saliers and Sweben, who have been together five years, opened the restaurant with another couple, Ross Jones and Susan Owens, after the four decided "to do something different," says Owens, who owns an environmentally themed gift shop nearby; Sweben, for one, says she wanted to get out of teaching.
Saliers, who says she eats at the restaurant about three times a week, also buses tables and tends bar.
www.mindspring.com /~indigo/articles/ig_advocate_mar00.html   (539 words)

  
 Don Saliers
Emily Saliers is a singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls, a well-known American folk rock duo.
Saliers began her college education at Tulane University, but transferred to Emory University, graduating in 1985 with a degree in English.
In 2004, Saliers composed her first film score for the independent short film, "One Weekend A Month." She has a passion for wine collecting, and is the co-owner of Watershed Restaurant in Decatur, Georgia.
www.gracematters.org /interviews/d.saliers.html   (236 words)

  
 The Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Emily Saliers and Amy Ray - known to the world as the folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls - have enchanted fans for years with beautiful harmonies and heartfelt lyrics backed by acoustic guitars.
Saliers: We were doing environmental benefits early on in our career, but they were for mainstream environmental groups, like Greenpeace and some others.
Saliers: You know, actually, I think when we toured a few dates with Big Fish Ensemble - Michael Lorant is in that band, and it was his idea to do Jesus Christ Superstar:Resurrection - he was Judas, he's great.
www.jhu.edu /~newslett/10-30-97/Features/1.html   (1274 words)

  
 Powell's Books - A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice (Practices of Faith Series) ...
In this rich exploration of music, authors Don and Emily Saliers interweave their own stories as well as those of others to reflect on the what, the how, and the why of music as a key aspect of spirituality in our lives.
In this rich exploration of music across many settings and styles, authors Don and Emily Saliers reveal their own stories and the importance of music in their lives, exploring such topics as music and justice, music and grief, music and delight, and music and hope.
Emily Saliers (Atlanta, GA) is a member of the Indigo Girls, an award-winning folk-rock duo known for their social activism.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=29009&cgi=product&isbn=0787967173   (544 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Indigo Girls pics
Emily Saliers was born on July 22, 1963 in New Haven, Connecticut, while Amy Ray was born the following year on April 12, 1964, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Emily was enrolled in Laurel Ridge Elementary School, the school that fifth grader Amy Ray was already attending.
Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have also lent their names to various causes including gay rights, nuclear waste and gun control, and continue to make these a top priority.
www.askmen.com /women/singer_100/147c_indigo_girls.html   (568 words)

  
 Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music As Spiritual Practice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Don and Emily Saliers reflect on such topics as music and justice, music and grief, music and delight, and music and hope.
BIO: Don Saliers is a professor of theology and worship at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and the author of nine books.
Emily Saliers is a member of the Indigo Girls, an award-winning folk-rock duo known for their vibrant music and social activism.
www.booksmatter.com /b0787967173.htm   (418 words)

  
 Greeley Tribune - Weld Weekend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As always, Saliers, along with Amy Ray, are pushing environmental activism and gun control, but they're speaking out against the Iraq war and are never afraid to discuss even their personal lives.
Saliers said Ray never seemed concerned, but she had overcome her fear to talk about such a personal issue.
Saliers praised the Fightin' Whites UNC intramural basketball team both for jabbing at the use of American Indian mascots and raising $100,000 for scholarships.
www.greeleytrib.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=GR&Date=20030411&Category=WELDWEEK&ArtNo=304100014&Ref=AR   (1121 words)

  
 WNC: Emily and Don Saliers Lecture Video
Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls and Don, her Methodist minister father, address that possibility in a new book and a series of public appearances.
Emily and Don Saliers are respected musicians who have jointly written a new book, A Song to Sing, A Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice.
Emily is one-half of the folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls and an out lesbian who has a “lover’s quarrel” with the church.
www.cathedral.org /cathedral/video/saliers050510.shtml   (209 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The singing, songwriting, and acoustic guitar playing duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray, known as the Indigo Girls, had their first national release in 1989 with a self-titled album.
It is important to note that on every track of this album Amy Ray and Emily Saliers supplement the listed musicians/instruments with their acoustic guitars.
Saliers and Ray broke into an industry that was still male dominated and they have lasted more than ten years.
www.epinions.com /musc-review-6DA7-4893D61-39D28436-prod1   (1067 words)

  
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emily saliers and amy ray quote from 2/18/1994:unknown source:
emily saliers: " 'least complicated' is pretty much typical of, i guess, when you reach 30, which what i am now, and you start to look back at all the patterns of your life.
emily saliers quote from 3/1994:the indigo girls: the musical ties that bind, performing songwriter:
www.cob.montevallo.edu /GillJL/least.htm   (721 words)

  
 The Hardest to Learn
The Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are real people and as such are the legal property of no one; the author sincerely hopes that they do not mind their inclusion here, and intends no disrespect.
Emily Saliers was awake and out in the living room early in the morning, despite the fact that she’d gone to bed past 2 A.M. the previous night, or.
Emily thought of the shy but punkish blonde girl and her dark-haired friend, Valerie Pappas Jackson, herself a descendant of the Scrolls’ translator, and of Xena herself.
ausxip.com /fanfic10/hardest_to_learn.html   (4179 words)

  
 Saliers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Don Saliers is the Parker Professor of Theology and Worship at Emory University, Candler School of Theology.
Emily and her father have recently published a book about contemporary practices of Spirituality.
Emily and Don have the rare ability to combine theology, music and art in a compelling manner for all ages, and particularly for contemporary seekers of faith.
www.saintmarkpresby.org /pagesaliers.htm   (198 words)

  
 Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Emily Saliers & Amy Ray :: The Indigos Return Home (Page 1)
On Become You, Saliers and her songwriting partner, Amy Ray, have gone back to the folk-rock roots of their Grammy-winning self-titled debut and away from the slickly electrified sound of 1999’s Come On Now Social.
Since Saliers has generally provided the softer edges of each Indigo Girls album, Paste was a little surprised to hear the new restaurateur say that Ray was the one pushing for a rootsier album, and Saliers, the master of dreamy folk ballads, was the one who took a little convincing.
Saliers, who wasn’t born in the South but moved there very young, has her own perspective.
www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=26   (910 words)

  
 Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
Saved by song Indigo Girl Emily Saliers discusses how she and her theologian father came to reflect on music as a spiritual outlet in new book.
Saliers, one half of the lesbian folk-rock duo Indigo Girls, says the book is “about how there is a spiritual path in both secular and sacred music, and how the deep human yearnings in them are one and the same sometimes.”
Emily grew up singing in church choirs, but she regards herself in “A Song to Sing” as a “religious mutt” at odds with organized religion.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3928397&postID=111221561580749101   (428 words)

  
 Knowing All The Words   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Emily Saliers, one half of the folk duo The Indigo Girls, talks about the new album, touring and ice cream
I immediately thought, `I wonder if there is an Indigo Girls flavor?' When interviewing Emily Saliers I asked her if there is a flavor named for them.
Saliers says that the choice allows for them to remain independent songwriters while playing as a duo.
www.baywindows.com /main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=254151   (998 words)

  
 Whosoever Magazine
Had other lesbians known that I was waiting for Emily Saliers, one half of the lesbian icon musical duo the Indigo Girls, to call me I'd be the object of great envy.
I have stood behind her in the ladies room waiting for a stall during the Joan Armatrading concert - too respectful to approach her in a bathroom line (though other fans were not as decorous, mind you).
It is that power of music to convict, to speak truth to power, that Emily and her music partner Amy Ray capitalize on as the Indigo Girls.
www.whosoever.org /v9i5/saliers.shtml   (2859 words)

  
 Indigo Girls get social - Bay Windows - National News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Saliers and Ray released their first album in 1987 while still students at Emory University.
Saliers says she and Ray were political even before they were musicians.
Saliers says people still mistakenly assume that she and Amy are girlfriends, “even though we’ve done a million interviews explaining how we never have been and never will be.”
www.baywindows.com /news/1999/11/11/NationalNews/Indigo.Girls.Get.Social-35283.shtml   (1291 words)

  
 REVIEW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Emily Saliers and Amy Ray are featured in a 19th century style painting that is quite eye-catching.
Scarpantoni also appears on "This Train Revised", where the vocals of Ray and Saliers are ably complemented by 2 violinists, a viola, and Saliers playing a dobro.
A musical trip through Emily Saliers mind and past is emphasized with accordions, a penny whistle and drums.
www.westnet.com /consumable/1994/05.22/revindig.html   (477 words)

  
 Ectophiles' Guide - Indigo Girls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Emily's songs are influenced noticeably by religion and literature, while Amy draws more from spirituality and her own passion.
Emily's beautiful soprano and Amy's passionate alto, combined with their interwoven guitar work, intricate harmonies and intelligent songs combine for an stirring sound that is uniquely their own.
Emily, whose songwriting burned so fiercely in Swamp Ophelia and Shaming of the Sun, seems to have settled back into pleasant whimsy.
ectoguide.org /artists/indigo.girls   (3107 words)

  
 And Then You Had to Bring Up Reincarnation
Emily traded in her banjo for her National, and the audience went wild at the familiar screaming intro line to "It’s Alright." As always, Val marveled at how someone so seemingly laid-back and mellow could cut loose as dramatically as Emily Saliers did with an electric guitar in her hands.
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers were oblivious to the applause and cheers for the briefest of moments; all their attention was drawn to Valerie Jackson and Erin Chapman.
Emily started, feeling despite their differences in appearance as though she were staring at her own reflection.
ausxip.com /fanfic10/andthenyouhad.html   (8327 words)

  
 HOBBIES : Other : Wine Collecting With Emily Saliers : DIY Network
Indigo Girl Emily Saliers started collecting wines after opening her restaurant, Watershed, in Decatur, Georgia.
The knowledge Saliers acquired as a restaurateur turned her into a full-fledged collector.
Saliers shows us how to choose and store wine and how to use the right glassware for each vintage.
www.diyhelp.com /diy/co_other/article/0,2033,DIY_13742_3502511,00.html   (118 words)

  
 wamu.org : The Diane Rehm Show : Friday December 24, 2004
Emily Saliers of the popular group "Indigo Girls" and her father, a professor of theology, talk about how the language of music connects us all.
Don Saliers, professor of theology and worship at Emory University, is the author of nine books.
Emily Saliers, award-winning folk-rock musician and co-founder of Indigo Girls.
www.wamu.org /programs/dr/04/12/24.php   (216 words)

  
 The Gayly Oklahoman - Vol. 23, No. 22, 11/15/2005 - Oklahoma's Gay News Source!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Intelligent, funny and sincerely humble, Saliers commented on a number of topics including the new album, the importance of being out and the extreme frustration she feels for people who don’t exercise their right to vote.
Says Saliers, “I have to admit it does matter to me. On a very honest and basic level, it feels good to be able to have your work accepted and written well about by the critics.
Saliers believes coming out is “absolutely without a doubt” beneficial to gays and lesbians as a whole.
www.gayly.com /articleview.asp?articleid=96591534620041013214009   (1275 words)

  
 Honor the Earth tour
Saliers: Absolutely, but there are a lot of people who don't make the same connections.
Saliers: Amy and I are a very lyric-focused band, obviously, and if these issues are going on in our lives or are something we're thinking about, then we're going to end up writing songs about them.
Saliers: You know, this is a war about oil and control of resources and strategic positioning, so there could not be a more important time for people to understand the connection between bad energy policy and injustice and violence.
www.mapcruzin.com /news/ej040803a.htm   (1783 words)

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