Her fourth solo album released in August 2008 is Didn"t It Feel Kinder. Amy Elizabeth Ray is a singer-songwriter and member of the well-known contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. In 2001 she released her first solo album, Stag, a Southern and Punk Rock album. The Butchies provided support for five songs, and Nineteen Forty-Five and the Rock-A-Teens supported on one song apiece. Joan Jett helped out on "Hey Castrator." In 2005, Ray released Prom, and in 2006, she released Live from Knoxville. Ray is an activist involved in multiple political and social causes, including gay rights, abortion rights, Native American rights, low-power broadcasting, women"s rights, indigenous struggles, gun control, the Zapatista movement, environmental protection and the anti-death penalty movement among others. She has made several trips to Chiapas, Mexico to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.