| Ani Difranco News: |
| Ani DiFranco's career as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist is proof positive that "alternative rock" can mean much much more than a group of guys with electric guitars and a hefty record contract. In a culture where multinational corporations sing the praises of the "indie" aesthetic, Ani has created a truly provocative means of producing music on her own terms and getting it to listeners. She has broken just about every rule of the music industry, and in the process has paved the way for other artists, emerging and established performers alike, seeking real alternatives to corporate control.
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Celebrity Theatre
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The Pageant
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State Theatre-MN
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Chicago Theatre
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Bardavon Opera House
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Town Hall-NY
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| Born in Buffalo, NY in 1970, Ani's first interests were dance and visual art. Her earliest awareness of music came not from pop albums and radio airplay, but from first-hand encounters with working musicians in Buffalo bars, many of whom stayed overnight with her family on their way across the Northeast. The intimacy and hand-to-mouth economics of the folk tradition fueled Ani's own passion for live performance, and she began singing and playing acoustic guitar in these same Rust Belt bars before she was 10 years old. By age 15, she was writing songs of her own and hitting the regional coffeehouse and club circuit herself.
By the time she decided to record a cassette in 1990, Ani had more than 100 original compositions to choose from. Ani's lyrics, then as now, were as plainspoken as they were poetic; she wrote about the world around her, using her own experience as a starting (never an ending) point. Like countless performers before her, Ani chose to release that first album herself, without the financial backing of a able. Borrowing money from friends to cover the costs of incorporation and studio time, 20 year old Ani produced her own self-titled debut album and sold it from the trunk of her hand-painted car while blazing a path across the college campuses and seedy dives of America. |