{"artistName":"Amy Ray","artistId":12500,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0df/0df6da6b1f2749d476f93f77e40f477f_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0df/0df6da6b1f2749d476f93f77e40f477f_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/0df/0df6da6b1f2749d476f93f77e40f477f_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/0df/0df6da6b1f2749d476f93f77e40f477f_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/0df/0df6da6b1f2749d476f93f77e40f477f_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eAmy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the well-known contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 6, 2001, she released her first solo album, Stag, a southern and punk rock album. The Butchies provided support for five songs, and Nineteen Forty-Five and the Rock-A-Teens supported on one song apiece. Joan Jett helped out on \"Hey Castrator\". On April 12, 2005, Ray released Prom, and on December 19, 2006, she released Live from Knoxville. Her fourth solo album, Didn't It Feel Kinder, was released on August 5, 2008.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer backup band for her Stag tour was The Butchies. In 2004, when she embarked on her Prom tour, she brought Les Nuby (guitar), Will Lochamy (drums), and Jody Bleyle (bass). Bleyle was replaced with Tara Jane O'Neil in October because Bleyle was on maternity leave.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and went on to begin college at Vanderbilt University. After a year at Vanderbilt, Ray returned to the Atlanta area to continue her education at Emory University. Ray graduated from Emory in 1986 with majors in English and Religion.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay currently lives in the foothills of North Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Indigo Girls and her work as a solo artist, Ray also runs an independent record label, Daemon Records,. which she founded in 1990 and which is based in Decatur, Georgia. Some bands signed to Daemon include Girlyman, Magnapop, Nineteen Forty-Five, Michelle Malone, Three Finger Cowboy, Danielle Howle and the Tantrums, Gerard McHugh, Grady Cousins, The Oblivious, Snow Machine, Utah Phillips and Rose Polenzani.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her solo life, she most often collaborates with The Butchies, a punk band featuring drummer, Melissa York and vocalist/guitarist Kaia Wilson. She has contributed the live track \"Lucy Stoners\" on Calling All Kings \u0026amp; Queens (2001) and the Mr. Lady Records sampler album as well as a live recording of \"On Your Honor\" on a compilation for Home Alive.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay is also an activist involved in multiple political and social causes, including gay rights, low-power broadcasting, women's rights, indigenous struggles, gun control, environmental protection and the anti-death penalty movement among others. She has made several trips to Chiapas, Mexico to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, she and Emily Saliers co-founded Honor the Earth with Winona LaDuke. Honor the Earth's mission is \"to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard.\" .\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay was also a judge for the 3rd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Amy+Ray","playStationPath":"/stations/113352772/play","stationId":113352772,"bioPath":"/music/Amy+Ray/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Kate+Campbell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/35d/35d152243647320442dfc327da908382_md.jpg","artistName":"Kate Campbell","artistId":13351,"station_id":115417055},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Cliks","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c94/c94cbb4d0117988fdfdb1c74ee7b614b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Cliks","artistId":111793,"station_id":282283756},{"musicPath":"/music/Marla+Hansen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a72/a72669cd2b873ad425528fdec30401d9_md.jpg","artistName":"Marla Hansen","artistId":118450,"station_id":283253943},{"musicPath":"/music/Caroline+Herring","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7c8/7c8c6b665b230a1c38b41e680b0b0c2b_md.jpg","artistName":"Caroline Herring","artistId":108240,"station_id":281787877},{"musicPath":"/music/Kate+Wolf","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/72b/72b04c8a03a44a831c8644ee30c8aa76_md.jpg","artistName":"Kate Wolf","artistId":103049,"station_id":280764310},{"musicPath":"/music/Eastmountainsouth","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f1/6f188a989b894ed9030c4db43a816fb9_md.jpg","artistName":"Eastmountainsouth","artistId":133855,"station_id":285886322},{"musicPath":"/music/Keri+Noble","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/293/29337a9196382746915e8e8a5f416d9c_md.jpg","artistName":"Keri Noble","artistId":14171,"station_id":114663042},{"musicPath":"/music/Hunter+Valentine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1cc/1cc73bfd007c0ac574c5ed03a3e57ae3_md.jpg","artistName":"Hunter Valentine","artistId":129462,"station_id":284994334},{"musicPath":"/music/Deb+Talan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_md.jpg","artistName":"Deb Talan","artistId":90480,"station_id":272447288},{"musicPath":"/music/Polly+Paulusma","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a8a/a8ac3b8fbd601f82fa07c57731ed89c3_md.jpg","artistName":"Polly Paulusma","artistId":102202,"station_id":280764056},{"musicPath":"/music/Kinnie+Starr","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ce0/ce03ce8c9bcb7a2b47620e80b16f54f8_md.jpg","artistName":"Kinnie Starr","artistId":1805,"station_id":114253081},{"musicPath":"/music/Noe+Venable","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f3e/f3edbabedd19299423b56030e3e88df8_md.jpg","artistName":"Noe Venable","artistId":103575,"station_id":280764466},{"musicPath":"/music/Disappear+Fear","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/938/938e21eb8404c9f9b3a6d921ae0a253f_md.jpg","artistName":"Disappear Fear","artistId":109229,"station_id":330602066},{"musicPath":"/music/Jenny+Dalton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dbb/dbb00fe105442ec8f955a038bab1475c_md.jpg","artistName":"Jenny Dalton","artistId":95936,"station_id":276276022},{"musicPath":"/music/Leslie+Mendelson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2d3/2d3512396f8c1fa85686b3912e391002_md.jpg","artistName":"Leslie Mendelson","artistId":122624,"station_id":283861292},{"musicPath":"/music/Melanie+Doane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d9b/d9be9125886792bc37dcbce02185162c_md.jpg","artistName":"Melanie Doane","artistId":103965,"station_id":287828602},{"musicPath":"/music/Catie+Curtis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d95/d954ba248e59fff5531c8bf6170dea52_md.jpg","artistName":"Catie Curtis","artistId":12948,"station_id":113973806},{"musicPath":"/music/Amy+Cook","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e1e/e1e655de7bfb2e78e3e4a741b9627a6c_md.jpg","artistName":"Amy Cook","artistId":132744,"station_id":285650720}]}