Indigo Girl Emily Saliers soldiers on in "the last civil rights movement." Oh, and she still writes a mean love song.

Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have been making music together for 20-plus years as the Indigo Girls, but their partnership doesn't end there; the two have known each other since they attended the same elementary school in DeKalb County, Ga. Saliers and Ray's long kinship is especially potent when they harmonize over a bed of steady rhythms and guitar work, which coalesce into the Indigo Girls’ painstakingly crafted Southern folk-rock. Every soaring melody is laid out with precision and care, and the duo’s vocal interweavings invariably lead the way.

Advance, discounted Pridefest tickets online at abqpride.com until Thursday, June 12, at midnight.

Albuquerque venues featured in our Pride Guide

• Evolution Downtown
115 Fourth Street NW (at Copper, formerly The District) • 242-0003
evolutionabq.com

Three days of party

Tom Rice looks out at the barren parking lot of the Fairfield Marriott. He's not seeing asphalt and a couple of cars, brutal sun glinting off bumpers. He's not listening to car sounds of the nearby freeway.

Celebrate LGBT Pride off the fairgrounds at these events