lifeblood: bootlegs: 2024


2021-01-15: roots rednecks and radicals podcast (amy ray)
an excellent sounding capture of a neat interview, amy talks about barbie, writing songs about the south, project say something, allison russell, "chuck will's widow", h.c. mcentire, "jesus was a walking man" and the border, and her band and the upcoming tour with dar williams.

2024-01-15: marjorie luke theatre - santa barbara, california (with dar williams) (amy ray)
a nice sounding audience recording of the entire show, including both dar williams and the amy ray band's full sets. this was a really special tour, highlights include "oh city man", "iowa (traveling iii)" (dar williams with amy ray), "chuck will's widow" (amy ray with dar williams), and "as cool as i am" (dar williams with amy ray).

2024-01-19: jeffrey masters - how the indigo girls became the greatest band of all time (amy ray)
an excellent sounding capture of an outstanding interview with amy, topics include amy and emily's sexuality, their longtime support of each other and their partnership, "ghost", their classic songs, "land of canaan", pronouns in cover songs, coming out in the press, and brandi carlile.

2024-01-19: center for the arts - grass valley, california (with dar williams) (amy ray)
a little muffled but otherwise really nice sounding audience recording of the entire show, including both dar williams and the amy ray bands' full sets. highlights include "dadgum down" and a completely unplugged "chuck will's widow" (amy ray with dar williams).

2024-01-29: tumbleroot brewery and distillery - santa fe, new mexico (amy ray)
a little muffled but otherwise really nice sounding audience recording of a great show, the crowd is even able to coax amy and the band back out for a rare encore ("the gig that matters"). highlights include a rare performance of "broken record" and the sequence of "dadgum down" into "bus bus" into "laramie".

2024-02-21: emily saliers' music room - decatur, georgia (virtual benefit for the lillian carter center for global health and social responsibility student immersion program for the dominican republic)
a really good sounding audio capture of a neat fundraiser. guests include the leader of the immersion program as well as some of the students. lyris also sits in with amy and emily, and emily's dog gracie steals the show. highlights include "i'll change" and "starkville".

2024-02-27: meyer theatre - green bay, wisconsin
a little muffled but otherwise really good sounding audio capture from a live stream. highlights include "three county highway", "come on home", and ari hest guesting on "kid fears" and "closer to fine".

2024-02-29: uptown theatre - kansas city, missouri
a little distant but otherwise really good sounding audio capture from a live stream. highlights include "cold beer and remote control", "fugitive", "mystery", "faye tucker", and a great story about amy meeting joni mitchell leading up to "when we were writers".

2024-03-03: acl live at the moody theater - austin, texas
a little distant but otherwise really good sounding audio capture from a live stream. highlights include everything lloyd maines sits in on and especially "southland in the springtime" and "texas was clean". kristi lee does a terrific job on "kid fears" and "closer to fine". lyris's improvised intros to "the wood song" are always amazing, but this night she takes things to a whole nother level.

2024-03-12: today show on sirius channel 108
an excellent sounding capture of a short interview with amy and emily, they touch on "it's only life after all", songs that fans say impacted them the most, and songs they are most proud of writing.

2024-03-28: david geffen hall - new york, new york (music and conversation with npr's ann powers)
a distant but definitely worth the listen audio recording of a really, really neat evening. conversations and all the live performances were done sitting down, and standouts include "love's recovery", "joy train", "something real", "go", and "train inside".

2024-04-10: braves country podcast (amy ray)
an excellent sounding capture of a neat home town interview, topics include hank aaron, racism, the fox theatre fundraising show, movie appearances, upcoming tour plans, "the gig that matters", amy's favorite songs to play, southern food, and local theaters.

2024-04-12: the schaefer center for the performing arts - boone, north carolina
a really nice sounding audio capture from a live stream. the occasion was amy's 60th birthday, and lyris worked "happy birthday" into the intro to "the wood song". there are great extended interactions with the crowd before "i'll change" and "when we were writers", and highlights include "i'll change", "faye tucker", and annie humphrey sitting in on an incredible "go-cortez the killer".

2024-04-20: bradley symphony center - milwaukee, wisconsin (with the milwaukee symphony orchestra)
a little distant but otherwise nice sounding audio capture of a live stream. highlights include "change my heart", "ghost", "howl at the moon", and "yoke".

2024-04-23: the monica pearson show - atlanta, georgia
an excellent sounding audio capture from the live stream. an extended home town interview, topics include the fox theater, their activism, the "it's only life after all" documentary, barbie, and their careers and longevity.

2024-04-23: 99x - atlanta, georgia - the morning x with barnes and leslie
an excellent sounding audio capture from the live stream. an neat telephone interview that talks about brandi's speech at the americana music awards, barbie, the "it's only life after all" documentary, "glitter and doom", and their career and longevity.

2024-05-01: ruby diamond concert hall - tallahassee, florida
a little distant but otherwise really nice sounding audio capture of a live stream. highlights include "damo", "come on home", "didn't know a damn thing", "pendulum swinger", and kristy lee sitting in on "kid fears".


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