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Indigo Girls to Release Long-Awaited RARITIES Set

The Indigo Girls songwriter/singer/guitarists Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have sold millions of records over the course of their nearly two-decade career, but have never lost their enthusiasm as music fans. Having contributed to a number of tribute albums, film soundtracks, and benefits, the Grammy-award winning duo will now, for the first time, make available a unique collection of tracks called Rarities on June 14th. With selections ranging from never before released tracks to hard-to-find covers and collaborations, Rarities gives Indigo Girls' fans a chance to catch up on their extraordinary catalogue of recordings.

Some of the previously unreleased tracks include "Let Me Go Easy," "Winthrop," a demo of "Ghost," a remix of "Free In You" and "Point Hope." Also included is one of Amy Ray's first compositions, "Cold As Ice"; concerning the song's title, she admits, "I always felt bad for using a Foreigner title for my song." An ultra-rarity on the collection is an original Emily Saliers song called "Walk Your Valley," which was recorded only once at a soundcheck. Emily notes, "I felt sure no one would have a bootleg copy of this."

The covers include "Clampdown" from 1999's Burning London The Clash Tribute, "I Don't Wanna Talk About It" from the 1993 soundtrack to Philadelphia (originally by Neil Young's backing band, Crazy Horse, but later popularized by Rod Stewart), Vic Chestnut's "Free Of Hope" from 1996's Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation, "Uncle John's Band" from 1991's Deadicated: A Tribute To The Grateful Dead and their cover of Ferron's "It Won't Take Long" from 1995's Spirit Of '73: rock for choice.

Collaborations include R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on "I'll Give You My Skin" from 1991's Tame Yourself, a live performance of "Ramblin' Round" with Ani DiFranco from the 1996 album 'til We Outnumber 'em: Woody Guthrie and the special Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine) remix of "Shed Your Skin," a song originally from 1997's Shaming Of The Sun.

The Indigo Girls will continue their tireless tour schedule throughout the summer.