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It can be heard on the terrific live compilation "1200 Curfews," from 1995. "River" We all owe a debt to Joni Mitchell the Girls pay off their part with a simple, sublime live version of her winter song. A live version can be heard on 2005's "Rarities" collection. " is perfect fodder for the duo's vocal abilities Ray and Saliers find and beautify every melodic bend here with their unvarnished tones and sublime harmonies. "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters" Among Elton John's finest, the naturally soulful balladry of "Mona Lisa. More: How Columbia's Wil Reeves achieves his musical vision on Penny Marvel project Their more timeless take is situated between cuts by distinctly of-the-decade bands Third Eye Blind and Mighty Mighty Bosstones on 1999's Clash tribute "Burning London."
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"Clampdown" The pair finds the acoustic angle on this Clash classic, with Ray and Saliers' stacked vocals adding a different kind of gravity to the political anthem. Hear their live version on 1998's "Shed Your Skin" EP. "Blister in the Sun" Ray and Saliers add a little Georgia jangle to this appropriately ragged take on Violent Femmes' magnum opus. Here are just five of the songs they've adopted, some of which tend to find their way into live sets. You don't write lines like "I call on the resting soul of Galileo / King of night vision, king of insight" without serious gifts of beauty and craft. But Indigo Girls are also master interpreters of song, relaying others' work in their own voices, after the best traditions of folk music.
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Ray and Saliers are known for their superlative songwriting. Five cover songs the Indigo Girls made their own Sit with the balance of heaviness and hope Ray and Saliers bring to a song like "Secure Yourself" (off their self-titled 1989 effort), and you'll experience what Saturday's audience is likely to feel many times over - that community and belonging are out there for each of us, and life is best lived in the power of two or more. Listen close to the harmonies on a song like "Power of Two," or a predecessor such as 1992's "Ghost," and elusive human connection suddenly sounds possible. You hear a wonderful dance of tension and revolution throughout the Indigo Girls catalog as they trade vocals, then point their natural resonators toward the space between. Woodstra dubbed Saliers a disciple of "the Joni Mitchell school," boasting "a gentler sound but" one that's "more compositionally complex, with lyrics that revealed the abstract and spiritual." Ray comes to the table with a "more direct, often confessional approach" owed to influences such as the Pretenders and Husker Du, Woodstra added. "Their two-women-with-guitars formula may not have been revolutionary on paper, but the combination of two distinct musical personalities and songwriting styles provided tension and an interesting balance," Chris Woodstra said, writing for AllMusic. And their songs and spirit remain an inspiration for the songwriters who followed. From 1987-1997, they released six straight albums that achieved at least gold - and all the way up to multi-platinum - status. Ray and Saliers have accomplished more than any two people might expect to, establishing themselves as the once and forever gold standard for folk-rock artists. More: Keep an eye (and ear) out for these five Pedaler's Jamboree acts
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The power of two will grow exponentially, as it always does when Indigo Girls plays live, this weekend before a crowd at The Blue Note.