- Born
- Birth nameEmily Ann Saliers
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Emily Saliers was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Atlanta with her family while in elementary school. Like her fellow Indigo Girl Amy Ray, Emily began playing guitar at an early age. Although they had known each other for several years, Emily and Amy did not begin playing together until high school; their partnership has lasted until the present day. Amy and Emily adopted the name "Indigo Girls" in 1985. They were signed to Epic Records in 1988 and their major albums to date are: "Strange Fire" (independely released in 1987 and re-released by Epic in 1989), "Indigo Girls" (1989), "Nomads*Indians*Saints" (1990), "Rites of Passage" (1992), "Swamp Ophelia" (1994), "1200 Curfews" (1995) and "Shaming of the Sun" (1997). The album "Indigo Girls" won the Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" in 1989. Indigo Girls appear in the movie "Boys on the Side" as a bar band in Tucson, Arizona; this is their only film appearance to date.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sherlyn Koo <sherlyn@fl.net.au>
- SpouseTristin Chipman(August 20, 2013 - present) (1 child)
- She and her singing parter Amy are the inspiration for the film Chasing Indigo (2000).
- She was the co-owner and founder of the award-winning restaurant Watershed, located first in Decatur, Georgia and later in Atlanta, Georgia. On April 7, 2018, it was announced that Emily and her business partner had sold the restaurant.
- Indigo Girls on Lilith Fair main stage
- New album "All that we let in" to be released on February 17th
- The Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) are currently on tour around the USA, promoting their ninth studio album, entitled All That We Let In, which was released in February of 2004. This is their last album with Epic Records, and no definite plans have been made (yet!) for the duo to sign with anyone else.
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