lifeblood: songs: backgrounds: from this room

2022-12-01: amy ray of the indigo girls on her latest solo album - watermark

when you begin the recording process for an album, do you have a wish list of musical guests?

i usually have a wish list when i'm writing the song. alison brown, she's part of the band, so i always think about her banjo playing when i'm writing. she doesn't tour with us, but she's in the band. i started writing "from this room" a long time ago, and i started writing it as a duet. i didn't have anybody in mind at that point but i hadn't finished it yet. when i was finishing it for the record, i had just seen natalie hemby with the highwomen, and had also just met her, and emily writes with her sometimes. so, i knew her and i was thinking about her voice.