Articles tagged "ani difranco"

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Jay Brannan: In Living Cover

by Jer Fairall

[20.Aug.09] :. On In Living Cover, Brannan wisley scales back to a low-pressure coffeehouse setting where he is free to test out his own material amidst a selection of his well-worn favorites.

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Folk artists pay tribute to a mentor, the late Utah Phillips

by Chuck Myers [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[4.Jun.09] :. Folk songstress Ani DiFranco had long planned to work on another record with fellow folk songwriter Bruce “Utah” Phillips after their collaborations on “The Past Didn’t Go...

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‘Red Letter Year’ marks a turning point for Ani DiFranco

by Chuck Myers [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[20.Apr.09] :. Provocative and thoughtful go hand in hand when it comes to music by folk songstress Ani DiFranco. But on her latest release, “Red Letter Year” (Righteous Babe), she elevates her...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best Jazz of 2008

by Will Layman

[17.Dec.08] :. More than ever, the best jazz is coming from small labels, and more than ever the best draws a decent slice from the dynamics of rock and pop music without itself being a commercial venture.

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Ani DiFranco: Red Letter Year

by Quentin B. Huff

[2.Oct.08] :. The Little Folksinger's latest is the perfect guest for your New Year's Eve bash. It's the life of the party, as well as the designated driver.

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Mixed Media

Kanye West, Ani DiFranco, The Last Shadow Puppets…

by PopMatters Staff

[8.Sep.08] :. Kanye West Love Lockdown [Video] Ani DiFranco Emancipated Minor [MP3] (from Red Letter Year releasing 30 September)       The Last Shadow Puppets...

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A Righteous Babe in Uncharted Territory: An Interview With Ani DiFranco

by Jennifer Bendery

[21.Aug.08] :. DiFranco doesn't take the usual approach to the music business, but her horse-and-buggy style, as well as her motherhood, may turn out to be assets.

 

Todd Sickafoose: Tiny Resistors

by Will Layman

[16.Jul.08] :. A distinctive and generous collection of tunes blending jazz and indie-rock yet doing so without preciousness or pretention.

 
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Music DVD Review

Ani DiFranco: Live at Babeville [DVD]

by Alan Ranta

[16.May.08] :. The little folksinger cements her reputation as the best live act since the Grateful Dead with a special two-night grand opening of Babeville.

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No loose ‘Canon’: Ani DiFranco releases 2-CD retrospective

by Chuck Myers [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[16.Nov.07] :. Compressing 20 albums into a single representative collection can prove an overwhelming task for just about any solo artist, much less a band. Not so for singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. The...

 

Abandoned church becomes a place to worship the arts

by Chuck Myers [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[3.Oct.07] :. BUFFALO, N.Y. - The former Delaware Asbury Methodist Church has never looked so good - or conveyed clear, crisp sound so well. That’s no small achievement, considering the 19th century Gothic...

 

Ani DiFranco: Canon

by Dara Kartz

[3.Oct.07] :. The self-described "little folksinger" busts out the musical yearbooks for a captivating look back that goes beyond the typical "greatest hits" compilation.

 

Part 5: Public Enemy to Dixie Chicks (1989-2006)

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Jul.07] :. The brave, early activists of the US AIDS movement knew that Silence = Death. Throughout history it's "Put up", we're told, "Shut up", we're threatened. Praise to those who set their protest to song and act up!

 

Ani DiFranco: Reprieve

by Mike Schiller

[9.Aug.06] :. Another year, another Ani album, this one finding our hero examining herself as much as she does the world around her.

 

Ani DiFranco: Carnegie Hall - 4.6.02

by Marc A. Price

[19.May.06] :. A top-notch snapshot of a performer coming to terms with a world that has been changed forever.

 

Ani DiFranco: Knuckle Down

by Katie Zerwas

[21.Jan.05] :. Leaving her politics by the side of the road, Ani DiFranco picks up a whole lot of emotional baggage. Can Knuckle Down handle the freight? Probably not.

 

Ani Difranco: Educated Guess

by Katie Zerwas

[26.Feb.04] :. Ani Difranco is a rare gem in the music industry. Impossible to replicate, immune to commercialization, she is one of the most prolific and innovative artists who has managed to fearlessly resist the...

 

Ani Difranco: Evolve

by Ari Levenfeld

[21.Feb.03] :. Ani Difranco is a sort of modern-day Holden Caulfield. That is, if the subject of Catcher in the Rye would have been a bisexual female songwriter from Buffalo who toured relentlessly with his...

 

Ani Difranco

by Jennifer Bendery

[23.Oct.02] :. Ani DifrancoPhoto credits: Jennifer Bendery “If you can’t raise awareness, raise hell” —Rita Mae Brown It was a crisp evening in Austin, Texas, as thousands of...

 

Ani Difranco: Reveling/Reckoning

by Peter Bryant

[9.Apr.01] :. When I was a punk rock kid, I lived in constant fear of my favorite punk bands “selling out”. It seems fans of Ani Difranco have a lot in common with punk kids, in that they are...