Emily Saliers
- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
![With forty years of making music as the iconic folk-rock band Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have made their mark as musicians, songwriters, and dedicated activists. They have represented radical self-acceptance to many, leading multiple generations of fans to say, "the Indigo Girls saved my life." Still, Amy and Emily battled misogyny, homophobia, and a harsh cultural climate chastising them for not fitting into a female pop star mold. With joy, humor, and heart-warming earnestness, Sundance award-winning director Alexandria Bombach brings us into a contemporary conversation with Amy and Emily - alongside decades of the band's home movies and intimate present-day verité.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTJkOWE1MjctZTZkOS00N2M0LThiOTYtMWEwMmQwZjc0OTdkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg)
Emily Saliers was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Atlanta
with her family while in elementary school. Like her fellow Indigo Girl
Amy Ray, Emily began playing guitar at an early age. Although they had
known each other for several years, Emily and Amy did not begin playing
together until high school; their partnership has lasted until the
present day. Amy and Emily adopted the name "Indigo Girls" in 1985.
They were signed to Epic Records in 1988 and their major albums to date
are: "Strange Fire" (independely released in 1987 and re-released by
Epic in 1989), "Indigo Girls" (1989), "Nomads*Indians*Saints" (1990),
"Rites of Passage" (1992), "Swamp Ophelia" (1994), "1200 Curfews"
(1995) and "Shaming of the Sun" (1997). The album "Indigo Girls" won
the Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" in 1989. Indigo
Girls appear in the movie "Boys on the Side" as a bar band in Tucson,
Arizona; this is their only film appearance to date.