![]() ![]() GO: How did ‘Holler’ become the title track?ĪR: My violin player, Adrian, suggested calling the record “ Holler.” I think the drummer wanted to call it “ High Enough to Holler ,” and I just felt like it was gonna be a jam band record if I did that, ’cause that sounds like a stoner album. So we had a little bit more freedom, I think, to experiment. That changed the sound a lot, too, cause we were so used to each other. The core of the band was who I had been traveling around with. And then I think the other thing was just expanding on my songwriting. … One thing that we had talked about was using horns and strings-’cause we hadn’t done that-and combining a Burt Bacharach vibe with a country soul vibe and then going from there. ![]() So, after we made “ Goodnight Tender,” I just wanted to work with him again, but we both wanted to make something that was slightly different, that would take us into a different realm. We have a lot of similar perspectives on making this kind of record. Both of us are really into tape, you know? analog tape being a good thing for this kind of music. … We‘ve always been-both of us-really into talking about engineering and production, and just different ways of making records. GO: What drew you to work with producer Brian Speiser on this record after creating “Goodnight Tender” together in 2014?ĪR: Well, we’re friends, and he used to do front-of-the-house sound for the Indigo Girls. Some music sounds better on Pro Tools, some music sounds better analog, I think. We didn’t always work that way, but we enjoy. Half the time, we don’t know what the song arrangement is until we get there. … When Indigo Girls work, we work to Pro Tools, because we like to layer stuff and have a million vocals going on. I think, for me, for this kind of music, the only way to go. The studio that we like to work at is super good at that-at having a great tape machine that works, basically. GO Magazine: Why did you choose to record this album live to analog tape instead of digitally and one instrument at a time?Īmy Ray: I just think it’s rootsy, you know? We’re using all vintage mics and instruments, and I wanted to capture the depth of that. I had the pleasure of chatting with her about the new record her upcoming tour and life as an activist, musician, and mother. The album features Ray’s incredible band, as well as some phenomenal guests such as Brandi Carlile, Justin Vernon, Phil Cook, and Kofi Burbridge. But at its best, it’s the way you build a bridge … I’ve just always struggled with that my whole life, being a person who loves everything rural, and motorcycles and horses, you know, just the rough and tumble world, but I couldn’t fit into that stereotype in a lot of ways but couldn’t fit into the other stereotype either, as a tomboy.Good news, everyone! Amy Ray, of the iconic duo the Indigo Girls, has put out a fantastic new record, ‘Holler’ that blends Southern roots music with a rock ’n’ roll vibe and a spectacularly groovy horn section. I think it’s a survival technique, at its worst. And so I can go talk to a mechanic and we can talk about how cool this motorcycle is, but we can’t talk necessarily about the president because we might feel differently about that. And I know a lot of people who feel different from me politically, but we share a love of other things, like dogs or motorcycles, and those are the things we focus on. I always like to bust those apart personally, because I live in a rural area in north Georgia and I know plenty of people that don’t fit into the category. But politically I’m not what you would consider that stereotype. “I guess you get it everywhere … I love all the things that people might associate with the quote unquote redneck stereotype. “Living in the South you get a lot of that,” said Ray. ![]()
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