lifeblood: listlogs: 2007-065

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date: sat, 26 may 2007 12:59:51 +1000
from: sherlyn koo <sherlyn@pixelopolis.com>
subject: hte review from durango herald

hi folks,

review of the hte benefit from the durango herald. you can find this=
article
online at:
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=3dae&arti=
cle_
path=3d/arts_entertainment/ae070525_2.htm

cheers,
sherlyn

---begin forwarded article---
rocking the desert
indigo girls perform benefit concert in shiprock, n.m.

may 25, 2007
by amy maestas | herald staff Writer

shiprock, n.m. -

hours after the proposed desert rock energy project took a first step=
toward
winning approval, the indigo girls strode onto the stage in shiprock, n.m.,=
to
sing as part of an effort opposing the coal-fired power plant. but neither=
the
stripped-down acoustic duo nor the audience showed any signs of feeling set=
back
by the energy giant's win for the day. as expected, emily saliers and amy=
ray
rocked a nearly full house at the phil l. thomas performing arts center with=
a
mix of empowering songs from their 20-year career.

the concert was part of honor the earth's efforts to fight the building of
desert rock by houston-based sithe global and the navajo nation.

honor the earth is a national environmental-awareness group that takes on=
causes
for the country's american indian population. the evening started off with
surprisingly impressive rap/hip-hop/native musicians casper and his 602=
band.
the arizona-based band's blend of world music and hard-driving beats were
coupled with political, spiritual and soulful lyrics.

Winona laduke, two-time green party vice presidential candidate and founder=
of
honor the earth spoke briefly before the indigo girls performed. the=
plainspoken
laduke didn't mince words in her soft voice. she told the audience "We do=
not
need another $2 billion coal-fired power plant." the cheers and support=
given
back to her by the audience quickly showed that laduke - and the indigo=
girls -
were preaching to the choir.

laduke explained how detrimental the plant would be for the country, the=
native
population and the environment. she all but implored audience members to=
turn up
the oppositional heat, become educated and support the activist=
organizations
that lined the foyer of the center. the political talk was left mostly to
laduke.

yet the indigo girls clearly chose a set that spoke to the hearts of those=
in
attendance. saliers and ray kicked it off with the first song, "pendulum
swinger" on their newest cd, "despite our differences." it's a pro-humanist=
song
that set a tone of songs with candor and warmth.

they followed with the spunky song "yield." beyond their strum-and-hum=
guitars,
the more animated ray showed off her frantic mandolin skills, often playing=
with
enough force to push the musicianship as much as the message of each song,=
and
saliers her skillful banjo picking. they went on with ray's more laconic=
"three
county highway," and the slightly off-beat "chickenman." there also were a
couple of early-career defining hits "get out the map," "hammer and a nail,"=
and
the audience-participating "closer to fine," - all songs that proved the
mastering of the duo's bell-toned harmonies.

saliers and ray wrapped up with a two-song encore, one of which was a=
perennial
favorite of indigo girls - the pro-peace "galileo." it was a bittersweet end=
to
a night that, given the day's news, could have been soured by a cloud of
weariness. leave it to the indigo girls to be the ones who keep hope alive.=

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