6 April 2021
The particular Cola Concerts series proceeds its push to make huge shows work in a socially distanced environment. Having simply hosted a four-night endure from rising bluegrass celebrity Billy Strings, the new resident at the Columbia Speedway Enjoyment Center keeps adding to the increasingly impressive spring work schedule. The latest big get is available in the form of the Indigo Ladies. The folk-rock duo associated with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — as well known for thoughtful anthems such as “Closer to Fine” in terms of their vocal and energetic support of various environmental plus political causes — may play on May 26. The particular group’s next album, “Look Long, ” will be their own first since 2015, the particular longest break between cds in their 26-year career. The particular duo released a non-album single, “Long Ride, inch in October, a striding and infectious roots-rock amount that catalogs a year associated with American turmoil — “No job, no medicine and No food to eat and An epidemic of inequality, and a / A outbreak raging” — and promotes its listeners to “Hang on my friend, I know, I actually get it / It’s going to be a long ride. inch
The Indigo Girls concert is the newest instance of Cola Live shows grabbing a name which has previously played downtown rock and roll club The Senate — St . Paul and the Damaged Bones hit the Speedway last fall; Shovels & Rope (May 1), Pleased Dead tribute act Darkish Star Orchestra (recently introduced for June 5 plus 6) and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Sept. 2) are currently on the routine (though Isbell has most likely outgrown The Senate considering that he played there within 2015, when it was nevertheless Music Farm Columbia). Within recent weeks, Cola Live shows also added powerhouse singer-songwriter Grace Potter (April 29) and jam band stalwarts the Disco Biscuits (June 18 and 19) to some spring that already showcased Blackberry Smoke and Northern Mississippi Allstars (April 23), Wynonna Judd (April 25), Mt. Joy (May 15) and, uh, Fox Information personality Greg Gutfeld (April 18). These recent bulletins continue a big bounce-back through Cola Concerts’ difficult drop, during which climbing COVID-19 quantities and cold weather only permitted it to get through 4 of the nine events upon its initial slate. The majority of those missed dates had been postponed until the spring.
