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1/6/2009
PBS IN SAN FRAN, NASHVILLE AND WV TO AIR LIVE AT BABEVILLE!More PBS Stations across the country are adding Ani’s Live at Babeville concert to their schedule for the New Year. On Jan 7 fans in San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose area can catch the show on KRCB; Charleston/Huntington, WV on WPBY; Bluefield/Beckley/Oak Hill, WV on WSWP; and Clarksburg/Weston, WV on WNPB. Fans in Nashville should tune into WCTE on Jan 14. Check your local listings for details! |
12/5/2008
ANI PERFORMS AT WALL STREET JOURNAL During Ani’s stop in New York City this November she visited the Wall Street Journal café to sing a few songs, now you can see the performances on their website here. Check out live versions of “Present/Infant” and her new song “November 4, 2008” for your viewing pleasure!
In these times, Wall Street could use a few more folksingers. |
12/4/2008
"NOVEMBER 4, 2008"On November 4, 2008 the nation celebrated the election of President Obama, including Ani who did what she does best; put her feelings into song. Those of you who caught one of her November concerts have heard her joyfully sing the new song, and we couldn’t wait to invite the rest of you to hear it. Watch "November 4, 2008" live from her sold out concert at Babeville on 11/29/08, or check out the solo version captured on video by Animal in her dressing room. Either way it’s a winner! |
11/25/2008
LIVE AT BABEVILLE PBS BROADCAST - MORE CITIES ADDED!The PBS broadcast of Ani DiFranco's Live at Babeville DVD has expanded to include upcoming broadcasts on KTPS in Wichita, KS (Saturday, November 29 at 8pm Central Time) and on WNED in Ani's own hometown of Buffalo, NY (Monday, December 1 at 8pm Eastern Time).
Sit down with those Thanksgiving leftovers and enjoy a musical feast! |
11/20/2008
ANI DIFRANCO ITUNES ORIGINALSAn exclusive, career-spanning Ani compilation is now available on iTunes, featuring six new live versions of tunes like “Every State Line” and “Smiling Underneath,” a pile of insightful interview snippets and several classic cuts. Click here to get 'em.
You can download individual songs, or get the whole kit and kaboodle for $9.99, which is about the price of a movie ticket these days. So let’s weigh your options. On the one hand, you’ve got Ani DiFranco iTunes Originals. On the other, you’ve got Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
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11/19/2008
LIVE AT BABEVILLE ON PBSIn September 2007, Ani celebrated the grand opening of Babeville – her completely renovated performance space in Buffalo, NY – with a pair of spirited, sold-out shows. Now the resulting DVD of those performances, Live At Babeville, is scheduled to air on PBS stations across the country, including Cincinnati, OH; Lexington, KY; and Eureka, CA (check your local listings).
Also, the PBS/Channel Thirteen On Demand Service will air the concert November 15 through December 14, through iO Digital for Cablevision in New York City. Viewers can access the program on channel 502 or on the main menu.
Watch Ani and her band firing on all cylinders, and see why home is where the art is.
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11/15/2008
AUSTRALIAN DATES ANNOUNCED!A cluster of down-under Ani shows have been announced! See the tour page for details.
Like the 1983 TV miniseries The Thorn Birds, Ani’s tour will be set against a wild Australian backdrop, and will focus on the forbidden love between a young girl and her family’s priest. Well, maybe not that last part.
These shows are only a portion of the full Aussie tour; additional dates will be announced soon.
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11/13/2008
NOVEMBER SPECIAL GUEST CHANGESYou may have noticed some changes to the special guests on the upcoming November tour... Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Pieta Brown had to cancel a few of the shows she was opening for on Ani’s November tour. Luckily we have our favorite one-man-punk band, Hamell on Trial, warming up the crowd in Syracuse, Red Bank and Poughkeepsie and Erin McKeown in Wilkes-Barre and Boston. Pieta is scheduled to jump back on the tour as scheduled in New York City. For the latest tour news, visit the tour page here. |
10/24/2008
LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ANI AND FRIENDS AT PARADISOIf you’re a fan of Righteous Babe artists and are hungry for some live performances, get ready to gorge yourself on a triple-decker club sandwich of goodness, courtesy of Amsterdam’s Fab Channel.
Monday, October 27’s triple bill of Ani, Hamell On Trial and Anais Mitchell will be streaming live from Amsterdam’s Paradiso stage on the channel’s website:
Click here to watch Anais Mitchell (around 2:40pm EST): www.fabchannel.com/en/aniais_mitchell_concert/2008-10-27/
Click here to watch Hamell on Trial (around 3:05pm EST):
www.fabchannel.com/hamell_on_trial_concert/2008-10-27/
Click here to watch Ani (around 3:45pm EST):
www.fabchannel.com/ani_difranco_concert/2008-10-27/
Our stomach’s already growling.
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10/21/2008
PIETA BROWN ON TOUR WITH ANI IN NOVEMBERWhen Star Trek: The Next Generation first aired, there was some skepticism from the Trekkie faithful. How could this new show compare to the original? And what is Whoopi Goldberg doing there?
Singer/songwriter Pieta Brown has something in common with Jean-Luc Picard and crew. The daughter of folk legend Greg Brown has silenced the skeptics since the release of her debut album in 2002, carving out a delightful niche of her own. When she opens for Ani on her November tour (check out the tour schedule here), you’ll see why the BBC called her, “a self-styled poetess, folk goddess and country waif.”
Music fans, engage. |
10/7/2008
ANI ON NPR’S “ETOWN” THIS WEEKIf you’re a regular, workaday Joe Six-Pack, nothing makes you happier than an evening curled up in front of the radio, mug of Ovaltine in hand, polar bearskin rug at your feet, listening to some great American music. So you don’t want to miss "Etown" on NPR, airing from October 8-14. This broadcast will be Part II of a concert taped at the Temple Buell Theater in downtown Denver, in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention.
The concert features performances by Ani, David Crosby & Graham Nash, James Taylor, Irma Thomas and Tom Morello – dare we say a roster of musical mavericks. You can find a participating station near you right here. |
9/30/2008
ANI VIDEO ON BILLBOARD.COMIt’s Red Letter Year release day, kids! And what better way to celebrate than checking out an exclusive Ani interview/performance originally recorded for billboard.com? In the four-minute clip our fearless leader discusses her latest collection of songs, and plays a solo version of one of RLY’s most tender cuts – “Way Tight.” Like the experience of hearing a new Ani album for the first time, this clip is way rad. Watch for a second clip to be posted on billboard.com soon. |
9/25/2008
COME TO THE NINTH WARD FOR A RED LETTER YEAR LISTENING PARTY!For folks in the Buffalo area (or those of you inclined to visit) – RBR will be hosting a very special listening party for Red Letter Year on Tuesday, September 30 from 6:30 – 9:00pm. Come on down to Babeville, listen to the new Ani release and check out the newly-opened Ninth Ward! We’ll have refreshments and a cash bar, contests and free stuff for all of our friends of RBR. In addition, we will be selling copies of Red Letter Year as well as tickets to Ani’s performance in Asbury Hall on November 29.
Hope to see you at our place! The Ninth Ward is located in the basement of Babeville at 341 Delaware Avenue at the corner of West Tupper Street in downtown Buffalo, NY. |
9/22/2008
CHECK OUT ANI'S DAYTROTTER SESSION, LISTEN FOR FREE.Ani recently stopped by the recording studio run by DayTrotter.com, a website dedicated to sharing indie rock performances that you can’t find anywhere else. During her session, Ani cut versions of two tracks from her forthcoming record, Red Letter Year, as well as the Imperfectly chestnut “Coming Up” and the Revelling/Reckoning anthem “Subdivision.”
You can download all of these performances here, and don't forget Red Letter Year hits your favorite indie store on September 30, and it is cooler than the love child of James Dean and Miles Davis.
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9/11/2008
SNEAK PREVIEW OF ANI’S RED LETTER YEARiMeem is featuring Ani’s new studio album Red Letter Year! Stream the full album at www.imeem.com and hear what it sounds like when Ani takes two years to let an album develop! Once you hear it we know you’re going to want to reserve your copy – and we’d love to send one along to you, starting Friday, September 12 you will have your chance to pre-order the CD at the Righteous Babe Store(and get 20% off everything else in the store when you do!).
So make this a Red Letter Year and enjoy!
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8/26/2008
ANAÏS MITCHELL/RACHEL RIES EP COMING OUT ON SEPT 2If you ever want to make somebody your super-BFF times infinity, touring across the U.S. together is a good way to go about it. That’s what happened to like-minded singer/songwriters Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Ries, who would often perform on stage together during their joint tour, adding harmonies and instrumental accents to each other’s tunes.
So it comes as little surprise that country e.p., a five-song collection of Mitchell/Ries songs, will be released on 7" vinyl and CD come September 2. According to Mitchell, “It’s a snapshot of our friendship – a chance to make music together and to honor some of our friends while we’re at it.”
See the two artists perform together on their upcoming tour, including a September 12 in-store gig at the brand-new Newbury Comics in Boston (North Market Place building at Faneuil Hall).
Making beautiful, DIY music together – that’s what friends are for.
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8/15/2008
LISTEN TO ANI’S CITY ARTS & LECTURES INTERVIEW TODAY!Today (Friday, August 15) at 1pm EST, WNED-AM 970 will air Ani’s conversation with Rolling Stone’s Michael Azerrad. Michael interviewed Ani in front of a live audience on April 9, 2008, as a part of the City Arts & Lectures series in San Francisco, CA in celebration of the recent release of her collected book of poetry and artwork entitled Verses. Our local Buffalo, NY friends can listen live on WNED 970AM, or anybody, anywhere can stream the interview by clicking here! |
8/8/2008
ANI PERFORMS AT ETOWN DURING DNCAni DiFranco will perform four songs solo at a special Etown show on August 26 at the Buell Theater in Denver, CO as part of the Democratic National Convention. James Taylor, David Crosby & Graham Nash and more will also be performing. Etown is taped in front of a live audience, then rebroadcast nationally on NPR, community and commercial stations around the globe (date to be determined). Tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 12, check etown.org for details.
Ani returns with her band to Denver for a full concert on Saturday, September 27. Tickets for the Paramount show are available at tickethorse.com. |
8/5/2008
ED HAMELL GOES BLOG-WILDHe’s a fearless, award-winning performer, perpetual road warrior and the bleeding heart Godzilla to Ann Coulter’s Mothra. Now you can add “prolific blogger” to Ed Hamell’s magnificently unconventional resume. The always-incisive, ever-hilarious commentary from the man behind Hamell on Trial can be seen on three different blogs – for the online magazine Blurt, CMJ's website and his own site, hamellontrial.com. You can subscribe to the latter site, and get the latest Ed-umacated observations via e-mail.
Ed’s new DVD / CD deluxe package, Rant & Roll, is out now, making some folks laugh and sing, while others feel very, very uncomfortable.
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7/30/2008
AN ANI CONTEST JUST FOR MOMSInterested in an all-expense-paid trip to see Ani in New York City this November? Feel like sharing your thoughts on parenting in an essay, photo or work of art? Hate it when people write everything in the form of a question?
Well, you’re an ideal contestant for Mindful Mama magazine’s “What does it mean to be a mindful mama?” contest.
Click here for info on the contest and an exclusive video interview with Ani, in which she shares her thoughts on motherhood, the birth of her daughter and the presidential election.
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7/21/2008
ANI’S NEW STUDIO ALBUM, RED LETTER YEAR, COMING OUT IN SEPTEMBERAni’s last album was released in 2006, which kinda feels like a decade ago, given her tendency to spoil us with an album (or two) a year. But never fear, DiFrancolytes, for a brand new Ani record will be released on September 30, 2008. It’s called Red Letter Year, and it’s more than worth the wait. These 12 songs have benefited from a couple years of tender loving care, under the watchful eye of Ani and her co-producer/partner Mike Napolitano. If you’ve caught an Ani show recently, chances are you’ve been treated to a couple of ‘em. This is focused, layered, joyful music, starring the Little Folksinger, her inventive three-piece band and a cavalcade of guest musicians.
“I feel like I’m back again,” Ani shares. “I’m out in the world and back in my happy self, ready to have a party.” Come September, she’ll be passing out the ultimate party favor.
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