Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco (; born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970) is an
American singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than
20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon. BiographyDiFranco
was born in Buffalo, New York, to Elizabeth and Dante DiFranco, who had met
while attending MIT. She started playing Beatles covers at local ... read more

How did Chuck Klosterman get Tune-Yards so wrong?

Merrill Garbus's work is complex, sexualised and challenging. It doesn't need to be 'mansplained' by clueless criticsYou could say Chuck Klosterman "mansplained" Tune-Yar...
Posted 26 January 3.54pm — Comment on this

Occupation Records tests City limits with protest benefit album

It's out now: Folk the Banks, from a new record label that aims to bankroll the Occupy movement in the UKA casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that Occupy Lond...
Posted 23 January 10.00pm — Comment on this

Live music: coming up

Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about any live music you've seen recentlyEach week we share a list of concerts our writers wi...
Posted 10 January 5.40pm — Comment on this

Is Ani DiFranco's Which Side Are You On? An OWS Rallying Cry?

It's more than a little heavy-handed of DiFranco to make artistic hay out of last year’s blossoming Occupy movement, which is what Which Side Are You On? kind of fe...
Posted 10 January 5.10pm — Comment on this

Greatest Un-Hits: Ani DiFranco’s “Fire Door” (1997)

Every music movement or sea change has that one person that influenced the thing in the first place, but never quite got to cash in when the people were finally buying. G...
Posted 28 April 2011 12.00am — Comment on this

Anais Mitchell: Greece is the word

As unlikely great albums go, a 'folk opera' based on Orpheus and Euridyce pretty much takes the biscuit. But a great album is what Anais Mitchell' made with Hadestown.Ana...
Posted 13 January 2011 10.22pm — Comment on this

The Twilight Singers – “On The Corner”

“Blackbird And The Fox,” the first single from the Twilight Singers’s fifth album Dynamite Steps, featured Greg Dulli and Ani DiFranco in a slow-burn du...
Posted 3 January 2011 6.47pm — Comment on this

tuesday afternoon updates

Buns O'Plenty said...Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974)http://keep-on-growing.blogspot.comRobert said...Bruce Springsteen - 1988-02-28 - Worcester, MA. "Tunnel...
Posted 28 September 2010 2.52pm — Comment on this

Birthday Sluts

Mickey Rooney (90)Anneliese van der Pol (26)Anthony Mackie (31)Erik-Michael Estrada (31)Layzie Bone (35)Kip Pardue (35)Jermaine Dupri (38)Ani DiFranco (40)LisaRay...
Posted 23 September 2010 11.28am — Comment on this

Celebrity Birthdays - September 23, 2010

Happy Birthday to: "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen (1949) Cascada singer Natalie Horler (1981) "Son of the Beach" actress Jaime Bergman (1975) Prolific folk singer Ani D...
Posted 23 September 2010 8.00am — Comment on this

BOOK/MAGAZINE: Music Without Borders - Extraordinary Conversations with Extraordinary Musicians

BJORK, CHUCK D, ANI DIFRANCO, BELA FLECK, MCCOY TYNER, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND 18 OTHER LEGENDARY MUSICIANS REVEAL UNIQUE, IN-DEPTH INSIGHTS IN INNERVIEWS: MUSIC WITHOUT BORD...
Posted 15 September 2010 2.34pm — Comment on this

Lenny Kravitz, John Legend lead Gulf Aid lineup

(LiveDaily.com) Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Mos Def and Ani DiFranco are among the musicians with Lousiana ties who will lend a helping hand during this weekend's Gulf Ai...
Posted 12 May 2010 11.05pm — Comment on this

Mos Def Signs On For Gulf Aid Concert

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Mos Def will join a number of top musicians who are rallying to help Louisiana’s coast with a benefit concert called Gulf Aid. Mos will be j...
Posted 12 May 2010 1.30am — Comment on this

Kravitz, DiFranco, Mos Def join with Allen Toussaint, Zachary Richard in Gulf Aid benefit

Lenny Kravitz, Ani DiFranco and Mos Def are among the headliners for a benefit concert to support relief efforts for those affected by a massive oil spill in the Gulf of ...
Posted 11 May 2010 5.19am — Comment on this

Lenny Kravitz among headliners at Gulf Aid benefit

Lenny Kravitz, Ani DiFranco and Mos Def are among the headliners for a benefit concert to support relief efforts for those affected ...
Posted 10 May 2010 11.05pm — Comment on this

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