The Indigo Girls

With the release of their new acclaimed album Long Look, Grammy Award-winners The Indigo Girls are back on the road and coming to the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.

After launching their career more than 35 years ago in clubs around their native Atlanta, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have recorded 16 studio albums (seven gold, four platinum, one double platinum), sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following.

“We joke about being old, but what is old when it comes to music? We’re still a bar band at heart,” says Saliers. “We are so inspired by younger artists and while our lyrics and writing approach may change, our passion for music feels the same as it did when we were 25-years-old.”

On Look Long, Indigo Girls tell their origin story in 11 songs that have a tender, revealing motion to them, as if they’re feeding into a Super 8 film projector, illuminating a darkened living room.

“We’re fallible creatures shaped by the physics of life,” says Saliers. “We’re shaped by our past; what makes us who we are? And why?”

As writers, Saliers and Ray tackle the mechanisms of perspective. Look Long considers the tremendous potential of ordinary life and suggests the possibility that an honest survey of one’s past and present, unburdened by judgment, can give shape to something new—the promise of a way forward.

“When We Were Writers” recounts the flying sparks and passion Saliers felt as a young college student when the duo first started performing together. “Kickin” is a nuanced love letter to Ray’s Southern heritage. “I’m a little bit left of the ‘salt of the earth’ / That’s alright, I’ll prove my worth,” she sings.

Released in 1989, Indigo Girls' eponymous major label debut included singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history.

Committed and uncompromising activists, Saliers and Ray work on issues like LGBTQ+ rights, education (Imagination Library), immigration reform (El Refugio), death penalty reform, and sustainability in Native communities as co-founders of Honor the Earth, a nonprofit dedicated to Indigenous environmental justice and green energy solutions.

Jubilant crowd singalongs that often overpower the band itself are a trademark of Indigo Girls concerts.

“As time has gone on, our audience has become more expansive and diverse which gives me a great sense of joy,” says Saliers.