Cigarette Mom Rock
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Indigo Girls

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers harmonized their way through college campuses, folk festivals, and Lilith Fair stages for decades. "Closer to Fine" is the philosophy degree you got from your car stereo.

What Genre Is Indigo Girls?

Indigo Girls is a core canon artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Indigo Girls also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.

Key Albums

  • Indigo Girls
  • Rites of Passage
  • Swamp Ophelia

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Closer to Fine(Indigo Girls, 1989)

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