Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco
Ani Difranco standing onstage, playing an acoustic guitar
DiFranco performing in 2007
Background information
Birth nameAngela Maria DiFranco
Born (1970-09-23) September 23, 1970 (age 54)
Buffalo, New York, US
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • poet
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
DiscographyAni DiFranco discography
Years active1989–present
LabelsRighteous Babe
Websiteanidifranco.com Edit this at Wikidata

Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco[2] (/ˈɑːniː/; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter.[3] She has released more than 20 albums.[4][5][6][7] DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe.

DiFranco supports many social and political movements by performing benefit concerts, appearing on benefit albums and speaking at rallies. Through the Righteous Babe Foundation, DiFranco has backed grassroots cultural and political organizations supporting causes including abortion rights and LGBT visibility. She counts American folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger among her mentors.[8]

DiFranco released a memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, on May 7, 2019, via Viking Books[9] and made The New York Times Best Seller list.[10]

On February 9, 2024, DiFranco made her Broadway debut in Hadestown as Persephone, reprising the role she played in the concept album of the same name.[11]

  1. ^ Huang, Cindy (June 21, 2016). "Folk singer Ani DiFranco brings music and politics to Annapolis". capitalgazette.com.
  2. ^ "Ani DiFranco Biography". Biography.com. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Joseph, Alli (July 5, 2017). "LISTEN: Ani DiFranco's path away from patriarchy". Salon. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Stout, Gene (August 21, 2006). "DiFranco makes time for radical sabbatical: Indie rocker records new album and prepares for motherhood". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  5. ^ "Sound Bites". Daily Texan. September 17, 2002. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  6. ^ Leibovich, Lori (March 27, 1998). "Mother Who Think: Hey hey, ho ho, the matriarchy's got to go". Salon. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  7. ^ "Fame hasn't changed the way DiFranco works: Independently". The Sacramento Bee. April 14, 2000. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  8. ^ DiFranco, Ani (January 28, 2014). "Ani DiFranco: Things Pete Seeger Taught Me". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference RSmemoir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books – Best Sellers – Books – May 26, 2019 – The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Gans, Andrew (November 21, 2023). "Grammy Winner Ani DiFranco to Make Broadway Debut in Hadestown". Playbill.com. Retrieved September 23, 2024.