Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco (born September 23, 1970) is a progressive feminist singer, guitar player, and songwriter. Her music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, but she has quite recently started developing her reach across genres, having collaborated with hip-hop artists and Prince. She has also recorded an album with the folk musician Utah Phillips.

Biography

Born in Buffalo, New York, Ani started playing gigs at the age of nine; her career has gradually taken off since then. She is a prolific songwriter, having produced three studio albums of new material and one remix album just in 1999 (see list below). Twelve studio albums have been released in her name.

In 1989, at the age of eighteen, Ani started her own record company, Righteous Babe Records[?], with just $50, and recorded Ani DiFranco, issued in the winter of 1990.

Discography

• Ani DiFranco, 1990 self-titled debut album
• Not So Soft[?], 1991 album
• Imperfectly[?], 1992 album
• Puddle Dive[?], 1993 album
• Like I Said: Songs 1990-91[?], 1993 album
• Out Of Range[?], 1994 album
• Not A Pretty Girl[?], 1995 album
• Dilate[?], 1996 album
• More Joy, Less Shame[?], 1996 EP
• The Past Didn't Go Anywhere[?], 1996 album with Utah Phillips
• Living In Clip[?], 1997 double CD live album
• Little Plastic Castle[?], 1998album
• Up Up Up Up Up Up[?], 1999 album
• Little Plastic Remixes[?], 1999 remix album, limited distribution
• Fellow Workers[?], 1999 album with Utah Phillips
• To The Teeth[?], 1999 album
• Revelling, Reckoning[?], 2001 double CD album
• So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter[?], 2002 live double CD album
• Evolve[?], 2003 album

External links

• Ani's Righteous Babe homepage (http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/index.asp)
• Ani DiFranco Home Page (http://www.columbia.edu/~marg/ani/) (not updated since 1999)
• A collection of Ani DiFranco lyrics (http://www.danah.org/ani)