The Indigo Girls actually have done several home concerts already. However, two of them were plagued by bad sound quality issues, so I'm not going to post those. For another, they performed the entire "Rites of Passage" album. I could post that if there's interest, but I figure that's of limited appeal.
I'm most interested in this concert, because it has a nice theme. The duo polled their fans to determine the most requested songs. I believe they played them from least requested to most requested. The song selection has some surprises, with expected hits like "Closer to Fine" and "Galileo" not being at the end, and some less well known songs in there, including two cover versions ("Tangled Up in Blue" and "Romeo and Juliet").
Unfortunately, the sound quality is just good, not great. I think that's mostly due to the microphone set up and other aspects of how they recorded it. At times, one or the other voice is a bit low in the mix, probably due to one of them leaning too far from their microphone. There also was some crackling noises on some of the tracks. Happily though, I passed the relevant music files on to my musical associate MZ, and he ran them through a decrackling filter. So that's pretty much gone. But if you hear any remaining crackling that I missed, let me know and I can probably get that removed in the same way.
Mind you, the sound isn't bad at all. It's just that it could have been better, and many of the other home concerts I've posted here sound better. But it's still perfectly acceptable, or I wouldn't be posting it.
The album is an hour and 13 minutes long. Note that it originally was at least 10 minutes longer, but I removed a fair amount of the talking between songs. The show was a benefit for a local non-profit, and there was a lot of telethon-type talk, encouraging people to donate. There even were long sections where big donators were thanked by name. Furthermore, there was a prerecorded section with Georgia politician Stacey Abrams encouraging people to donate. I'm all in favor of the cause, but that sort of talking isn't the sort of thing one would want to listen to repeatedly, so I cut most of it out, including Abrams's plea.
01 talk (Indigo Girls)
02 Hammer and a Nail (Indigo Girls)
03 talk (Indigo Girls)
04 Tangled Up in Blue (Indigo Girls)
05 talk (Indigo Girls)
06 Get Out the Map (Indigo Girls)
07 talk (Indigo Girls)
08 Share the Moon (Indigo Girls)
09 talk (Indigo Girls)
10 Power of Two (Indigo Girls)
11 talk (Indigo Girls)
12 Shit Kickin' (Indigo Girls)
13 talk (Indigo Girls)
14 Least Complicated (Indigo Girls)
15 talk (Indigo Girls)
16 Secure Yourself (Indigo Girls)
17 talk (Indigo Girls)
18 Galileo (Indigo Girls)
19 talk (Indigo Girls)
20 Kid Fears (Indigo Girls)
21 talk (Indigo Girls)
22 Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)
23 talk (Indigo Girls)
24 Romeo and Juliet (Indigo Girls)
25 talk (Indigo Girls)
26 Ghost (Indigo Girls)
27 talk (Indigo Girls)
28 The Wood Song (Indigo Girls)
29 talk (Indigo Girls)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15271277/TIngidoGs_2020_MostRequestedSongsHomeConcertDahlonegaGA__5-21-2020_atse.zip.html
The album cover is a screenshot from the concert in question. Note how Amy Ray (left) and Emily Saliers (right) are keeping six feet away from each other, since they're not in the same social distancing bubble.
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