AMY RAY's new album "Holler" premiering now at NPR Folk Alley (out 9/28)

`  AMY RAY Ray's rootsy solo album HOLLER premiering at NPR Folk Alley  "Hear It First" Featuring guests Justin Vernon, Phil Cook, The Wood Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Derek Trucks, Vince Gill and more Street date 9/28/18: Daemon Records/Compass Records Group  "Melding the urgency of punk with the earthiness of country and the vaunt of Southern soul, Holler embraces more aspects of Ray's influences than any of her past efforts."  -- Folk Alley September 20, 2018; Nashville, TN -- Amy Ray, still thriving as one half of GRAMMY-winning folk duo Indigo Girls, is premiering her upcoming solo album, HOLLER, today at NPR Folk Alley -- "Hear It First" HERE. Containing 14 new songs by Ray, HOLLER will be released on September 28, 2018 on Daemon Records via the Compass Records Group and will include a special double LP version, along with hi-res and MQA versions. Ray and her recording and touring band will kick off a Southeastern tour on October 23 (scroll down for complete dates), with Northeast and West Coast runs coming in Spring 2019. Inspired by her Southern upbringing and her home in rural Georgia, HOLLER finds Ray once again displaying her knack for straddling the line between the personal and the political on these songs. Ray writes: "The songs are all my own compositions and tell stories of late nights, love, addiction, immigration, despair, honkytonks, growing up in the south, touring for decades, being born in the midst of the civil rights movement, and the constant struggle to find balance in the life of a left-wing Southerner who loves Jesus, her homeland and its peoples."   There is a tip of the hat to the great Jim Ford 1969 release, HARLAN COUNTY, and songs inspired by the film Winter's Bone, Appalachian poet Byron Herbert Reece and writer Toni Cade Bambara. Along with her touring and recording band, HOLLER features a horn section on some tracks and appearances by Justin Vernon, Pil Cook, Derek Trucks, Brandi Carlile, Lucy Wainwright Roche, The Wood Brothers, Vince Gill and more, which illustrates not only just how broad Amy’s musical tastes are but how widely she’s respected among her musical peers. Thoughtful and musically fluid, Ray, like many Southern artists, grapples with love for her heritage — both musical and personal — and her own, more inclusive values. It’s that drive and artistic commitment that has made Ray’s career so full of unforgettable songs, and HOLLER feels like a culmination.  Pre-order the album here TOUR DATES TU Oct 23 - Macon, GA | Hargray Capitol Theatre w/Michelle Malone WE Oct 24 - Durham, NC | Motorco Music Hall w/ HC McEntire FR Oct 26 - Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge w/ HC McEntire SA Oct 27 - Atlanta, GA | Variety Playhouse SU Oct 28 - Asheville, NC | The Grey Eagle w/ HC McEntire TU Oct 30 - Winston-salem, NC | The Ramkat w/ HC McEntire WE Nov 7 - Tampa, FL | Crowbar w/Danielle Howle TH Nov 8 - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall /Danielle Howle FR Nov 9 - Statesboro, GA | Averitt Center for the Arts w/ Tony Arata SU Nov 11 - York, SC | Sylvia Theater w/Danielle Howle TU Nov 13 - Nelsonville, OH | Stuart's Opera House w/Amythyst Kiah WE Nov 14 - Ann Arbor, MI | The Ark w/Amythyst Kiah TH Nov 15 - Chicago, IL | Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music  w/Amythyst Kiah TU Nov 27 - Akron, OH | EJ Thomas Hall w/Chastity Brown WE Nov 28 - Indianapolis, IN | The Hi-Fi w/Chastity Brown FR Nov 30 - Athens, GA | The Foundry w/Chastity Brown SA Dec 1 - Rocky Mount, VA | The Harvester w/After Jack SU Dec 2 - Charleston, WV | Mountain Stage - West Coast and Northeast Tour dates coming early Spring 2019