Nickell’s Bag

This coming Wednesday, the Indigo Girls come to Missoula for a concert that also serves as an awareness-raiser for Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD). That alone is notable; but it’s also a concert that serves as the first event for Highland Entertainment, a new Missoula-based concert promoting company. Co-founder Scott Osburn says his company aims to put together shows at all of the major Missoula-area concert venues, including Ryan Creek Meadows, The Adams Center, The Wilma, The University Theatre, and The Missoula Osprey Stadium. Of course, that probably depends on whether they can make their bacon on this first show. Here’s hoping it goes well…

INDIGO GIRLS

March 17, 2010 at the University Theatre in Missoula, MT

Celebrating the recent release of Poseidon And The Bitter Bug

The Indigo Girls launch their own imprint to release their first studio album in 3 years on March 14, 2009

“The music displayed honesty and self-awareness- qualities that not only transcended gender and genre, but are essential to the singer/songwriter craft” –New York Post

The Indigo Girls will be joining MUD on March 17, 2010 at the University Theatre in Missoula, MT. This is an all ages reserved seating show that will help to bring awareness to the local non-profit MUD. MUD exists to create a replicable model of sustainable living through education, demonstration, & celebration in the Missoula community. The show is not a benefit concert but an awareness show that will celebrate the songs of the Indigo Girls as well as shed light on a necessary non-profit.

It’s been two decades since the Indigo Girls launched their career with their independently released debut album, 1987’s Strange Fire. Now, after entertaining millions of fans with their 10 major-label studio albums (nine on Epic Records and one, 2006’s Despite Our Differences, on Hollywood Records), Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have come full circle with the independent release of their new 2-CD album, Poseidon And The Bitter Bug, on their new label IG Recordings, distributed through Vanguard Records.

The new album reunites the Grammy-winning duo with veteran producer, arranger and keyboardist Mitchell Froom (Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Los Lobos and others), who worked on the Indigo Girls’ acclaimed 2006 release, Despite Our Differences. Longtime bassist Clare Kenny, drummer Matt Chamberlin and engineer David Boucher make up the rest of the core band but the sound is pure Indigo Girls, with uplifting, effortless harmonies; honest, passionately involved lyrics and infectious melodies.

With a Grammy, six Grammy nominations and a legacy of releases and tours behind them, the Indigo Girls have outlasted many of their peers and forged their own way in the music business. They’ve always thought independently, and have always balanced their commitment to music and performing with an unwavering commitment to social, political and environmental issues – Ray and Saliers don’t just talk the talk; they walk the walk. In 1991, Ray and Saliers co-founded the non-profit organization Honor the Earth to raise awareness and financial support for indigenous environmental justice, and over the years they have supported groups fighting for women’s rights, civil rights for same-sex couples, and the abolition of the death penalty as well as voter registration.

Show Info

Location: The University Theatre @ the University Of Montana in Missoula

Date & Time: March 17, 2010 Doors: 6:00 p.m.

Support Act: Bitch on at 8:00 p.m.

Main Act: Indigo Girls on at 9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $34 (includes service charges) available at griztix.com, and all Griz Tix outlets. Tickets also available by phone at 406.243.4051 or 1.888.MONTANA.

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