Press/Reviews

“...her wordy, folky odes and protests seem more influential than ever” read full review >>

“Wading into this collection, DiFranco’s voice rings rich and inviting, and even if the clever twists and barbs of her lyrics wield an edge, she welcomes you into the gritty irony with an arresting smirk.” read full review >>

“It's as honest and sincere as a retrospective can be. DiFranco is an impure poet, a wild, loopy musician who lives in her tunes but is not limited to them, and will not be corralled, and this double-disc set is not only proof, but reason for celebrating the fact that there are still those who can — by the sheer force of desire and the guts to see it all through — refuse to be told they can't, and show us in many shades, textures, shapes, colors, and forms, how they not only can, but do.” read full review >>

“…showcases memorable live and studio efforts earmarking Ani DiFranco’s evolution as a musician and political activist/observer…” read full review >>

“Full of her signature folk-jazz melodies and poetic girl-power lyrics, Canon is a witty, bittersweet reflection on DiFranco’s songwriting career…” read full review >>

“DiFranco fans and newbies alike will appreciate the collection of music put together on Canon. It’s an impressive look at a ground-breaking career and, like everything that she’s done, Ani DiFranco doesn’t take the easy way here and it pays back in spades.” read full review >>

“‘Often times, such (retrospectives) decry the end of an artist’s productivity,’ DiFranco observed during a recent interview. ‘That’s not so in this case. It’s sort of like this is just such a pile of records that needed to be distilled.’” read full story >>

“‘I really feel like I've only begun to make records I can stand behind for years to come,’ DiFranco says.” read full story >>

“DiFranco is famously anti-corporate, an impulse she traces to having been born in 1970, which means she remembers ‘an America that was not completely corporately controlled, when music was real, and it was actually a commodity that was at least discovered by corporations, rather than being created by them. And radio was real - there were DJs out there spinning music they loved - and there were Ma and Pa food stores, rather than just chain stores. And so I saw that culture, and I felt the change, and I think that was something that I myself resisted. I just didn't think that that shift was good - for art, for culture, for people.’” read full story >>