Ani DiFranco
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Biography
[Edit]A folkie in punk's clothing, Ani DiFranco battled successfully against the Goliath of corporate rock to emerge as one of the most influential and inspirational cult heroines of the 1990s. A resolute follower of the D.I.Y. ethos, DiFranco released her records through her own indie label, Righteous Babe, slowly but steadily building a devout grassroots following on the strength of a relentless tour schedule. An ardent feminist and an open bisexual, her songs tackled issues like rape, abortion, and sexism with insight and compassion, the music's empowering attitude and anger tempered by the poignant candor of singer/songwriter confessionalism.
DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York, on September 23, 1970. She began her career at the age of nine, when her guitar teacher helped her land her first gig — performing a set of Beatles covers — at an area coffeehouse. Befriended by the likes of Suzanne Vega and Michelle Shocked, she later gave up music to study ballet, but at the age of 14 returned to the guitar and began composing her first songs. A year later, alienated from her crumbling family structure, she left home, living with friends while making the rounds of the Buffalo folk club circuit.
DiFranco had written over 100 original songs by the age of 19, and after briefly studying art, she relocated to New York City to further her musical aspirations; besieged by requests from fans for tapes of her performances, she recorded a demo and pressed 500 copies of a self-titled cassette to sell at shows. The tape — a Spartan acoustic folk collection of intensely personal essays on failed relationships and gender inequities — quickly sold out, and in 1990 DiFranco founded Righteous Babe to better distribute her recordings, which were slowly spreading across the country on the strength of a substantial word-of-mouth following.
In 1991, after issuing the assured Not So Soft, DiFranco hit the road alone, touring the nation in her Volkswagen and playing gigs wherever she could find them. Her cult blossomed, and her distinct image — shaved head, tattoos, and body piercings — soon became the de rigueur look for her fans as well. As albums like 1992's Imperfectly and 1993's Puddle Dive expanded her musical ambitions as well as her following, DiFranco became the subject of considerable major-label interest, yet she steadfastly rejected all offers as Righteous Babe grew to become a highly viable business venture.
DiFranco continued playing over 200 dates a year, and soon even the mainstream media took notice of her cottage-industry music; after 1994's masterful Out of Range, she exploded with the following year's Not a Pretty Girl, which garnered notice from outlets ranging from CNN to The New York Times. A sprawling, eclectic work detailing a heated love affair with a man (much to the chagrin of her lesbian followers), 1996's Dilate even debuted in the Top 100 of the Billboard charts, a stunning achievement for an independent release. The live set Living in Clip followed in 1997.
Early in 1998, DiFranco released the studio effort Little Plastic Castle; her most musically diverse release yet, it also was her highest-charting album to date, and set the stage for the release of Up Up Up Up Up Up the following year. Another new LP, To the Teeth, appeared in 1999 as well, and in mid-2000 came the release of the odds-and-ends compilation Swing Set. Revelling: Reckoning appeared in spring 2001. In 2002, DiFranco trudged on; a road warrior at heart, she issued the double-disc So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter in September, her first live album since 1997's Living in Clip. The So Much Shouting set captured handpicked favorites by DiFranco and three previously unreleased songs.
The following year's Evolve added funk, jazz, and Latin elements to the mix, while 2004's Educated Guess was performed completely by DiFranco. Knuckle Down, co-produced by Joe Henry, arrived in 2005. The eighth disc in her official bootleg series, Carnegie Hall (recorded live on April 2, 2002), was released in the spring of 2006, and then — shortly after the singer announced she was pregnant — her studio album Reprieve arrived that same August. DiFranco gave birth to her daughter in January 2007 and released another official bootleg, Hamburg, Germany, in 2008. Red Letter Year appeared later in 2008, featuring songs inspired by the impending presidential race, DiFranco's baby daughter, and her partner/producer Mike Napolitano. 2012's Which Side Are You On?, the 16th studio album from the alternative folk legend, featured 12 new songs, including the rousing title cut, which was a reworking of a song made popular by Pete Seeger, who lent his distinctive voice and banjo to DiFranco's rendition. In 2014 she returned to her home studio in the New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood to record, produce, and mix sessions for her follow-up, Allergic to Water. Featuring backing from her touring band and guests Jenny Scheinman and Ivan Neville, the set was issued in November.
Title: Live At 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Little Plastic Remixes
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Dilate
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Indie
Title: The Past Didn't Go anywhere
Artist: Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Up Up Up Up Up Up
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: So Much Shouting So Much Laughing
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Alternative Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Angry Anymore
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Indie, Vocal & Symphonic, Folk
Title: Which Side Are You On? (feat. Pete Seeger) - Single
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Title: Not a Pretty Girl (Remastered Bonus Track Edition)
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Dilate (Remastered)
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Knuckle Down
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Living In Clip
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Little Plastic Castle
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Revelling/Reckoning
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Fellow Workers
Artist: Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: More Joy, Less Shame
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Play God (Live from Red Rocks) [30 Days, 30 Songs] - Single
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Alternative
Title: Take Down Your Flag (feat. Ivan Neville & Terence Higgins) - Single
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Little Plastic Castle Remixes - EP
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Evolve
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: More Joy Less Shame - EP
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Live At Babeville (September 2007)
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Educated Guess
Artist: Ani DiFranco
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Collections
Title: Occupy This Album
Genre: Rock
Title: Aid Still Required
Genre: Rock
Title: Tunes4food Redemption Day
Genre: Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Cool As Folk
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Women Live from Mountain Stage
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Live from Mountain Stage, Vol. 8
Genre: Rock
Title: Being Out Rocks
Title: Live from the Artists Den: Season 1 (Part II)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Aid Still Required
Genre: Rock
Title: Til We Outnumber 'Em
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Silverwolf Homeless Project
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear
Genre: Rock
Title: All Children In School
Genre: World Music
Title: Songs for a Broken Heart
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Bonnaroo 2004
Genre: Rock
Title: Compact Disc Club - Forever Dreamers CD 1
Genre:
Title: Fish Tree Water Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: We Love The 90 - The Real Party (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock
Title: Lady Bird (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest Female Voices 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Kin Campaigns
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Title: Goodnight Songs For Rebel Girls
Genre: Pop
Title: ’90s Singer-Songwriter Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: ’90s Singer-Songwriter Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The Alternative 1990s (Live) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative, Indie
Title: Take Me To The River: New Orleans (CD2)
Genre: Soul
Title: Road Trip Rhythms 2024 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: Rock Avantgarde Out 2024 (CD1)
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Avant Garde Metal, Progressive
Title: The Ultimate Rock Playlist 2024 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative, Progressive
Featuring albums
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Artist: Indigo Girls
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
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Artist: Anais Mitchell
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: Live at 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Live)
Artist: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Genre: Jazz
Title: My Best Friend's Wedding: Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Pop
Title: Note Of Hope - A Celebration Of Woody Guthrie (Amazon Exclusive Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, World Music, Country, Kids, Indie, Folk
Title: Remember Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 8
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Punk Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Women Live from Mountain Stage
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Lady Bird - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Until You Come Home: Songs to Heal the Wounds of War
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist