Emily Saliers, one half of the Indigo Girls and a longtime Decatur resident, has shared that she has been diagnosed with two incurable conditions affecting her singing voice.
The Indigo Girls, the Grammy-winning duo formed by Saliers and Amy Ray, have been a fixture of Atlanta's music scene since their start in the 1980s. Their songs and harmonies have been tied to Decatur and the broader Atlanta folk-rock community for almost four decades.
Neither of the conditions Saliers disclosed are reversible, according to Decaturish, but she said she is continuing to approach her craft with the same honesty that has characterized her songwriting career. Fans of the duo's work on albums like "Rites of Passage" and "Swamp Ophelia" know Saliers' voice as one of the most distinctive in Southern folk.
For Decatur, where Saliers has lived and performed over the decades (including at Eddie's Attic, the Decatur venue that helped launch the duo), the news is personal. The Indigo Girls' catalog remains a kind of hometown soundtrack for a generation of listeners.
