Crib Notes

For today’s Roll Call we call out former Indigo Girls sing/guitarist/songwriter, Daemon Records owner and solo artist Amy Ray.

Who are you?
Amy Ray

Describe yourself in three words.
Hermit, Activist, Songwriter.

Who dead or alive would most you like to meet?
Harriet Tubman.

Whom would you most like to slap in the face?
Myself.

What song do you wish you had written?
“Strange Fruit.”

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Elvis Presley.

LP, CD or MP3?
LP.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
compassion=cool.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
beauty = thin.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
The Kings Of Leon.

“Bus Bus” MP3

Amy Ray plays the Variety Playhouse on Sat., Nov. 22. $15/$17.50 8:30 p.m. Jennifer O’Connor and the Holland Dutch open. 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354.

(Photo by Matt Odom).

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Tonight Ani Cordero and husband, former Rock*A*Teens drummer Chris Verene, return to Atlanta in support of Cordero’s latest album, De Donde Eres (Bloodshot Records).

Both Chris and Ani are former Atlanta residence who now reside in Brooklyn. The new album finds the group delving deeper in to the rhythmic intricacies of Latin music while toning down guitar-driven, indie rock elements of the music. The album is sung entirely in Spanish, and is recommended for those who like Nick Drake, Belle and Sebastian, Os Mutantes, Adron and so on.

To give a listen to the album’s first single, “Ruleta Rusa,” click here.

There is also a pretty gorgeous video for “Ruleta Rusa” that can be watched by clicking below.

Cordero, “Ruleta Rusa” from Bloodshot Records on Vimeo.

Atlanta acts, The Holland Dutch and Batata Doce will also be performing. Batata Doce has been touring the east coast recently and has kept a pretty intensive tour blog/journal of their activities posted on Pine Magazine, which you can read here.

$10. 9 p.m.The Earl, 488 Flat Shoals Rd. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.

Photo by Cody Ranaldo

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