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DiFRANCO Ani
Buffalo, New York, USA
* 23.9.1970

Personal Data:

Born:

23.09.1970

(Buffalo, New York, USA, as Angela Marie DiFranco)

Line-Up (2007):

Ani DiFranco - voc,g,kb
Todd Sickafoose - bg
Allison Miller - ds

Former Members:

Sara Lee (bg, cca 1997); Jason Mercer (bg, cca 1997-cca 2/01)
Julie Wolf (kb, cca 1998-cca 2/01)
Andy Stochansky (ds, cca 1997-cca 1998); Daren Hahn (ds, cca 2/01)
Hans Teuber (sax, cca 2/01)
Shane Endsley (tr, cca 2/01)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Ani DiFranco	9/1990	Righteous Babe
2.	Not So Soft produced by: Ani DiFranco/Dale Anderson	1991	Righteous Babe
3.	Imperfectly produced by: Ani DiFranco/Ed Stone	1992	Righteous Babe
4.	Puddle Dive produced by: Ani DiFranco/Dale Anderson/Ed Stone	7/1993	Righteous Babe
5.	Like I Said: Songs 1990-91	26.07.1994	Righteous Babe
6.	Out Of Range produced by: Ani DiFranco/Ed Stone	26.07.1994	Righteous Babe
7.	Not A Pretty Girl	18.07.1995	Righteous Babe
8.	Dilate	21.05.1996	Righteous Babe			87
9.	The Past Didn't Go Anywhere & Utah Phillips	31.07.1997	Cooking Vinyl
10.	Living In Clip (2LP)	22.04.1997	Righteous Babe			59
11.	Little Plastic Castle produced by: Ani DiFranco	10.02.1998	Righteous Babe			22
12.	Women in (E)motion	30.06.1998
13.	Up Up Up Up Up Up	19.01.1999	Righteous Babe			29
14.	Fellow Workers & Utah Phillips	18.05.1999	Righteous Babe
15.	To The Teeth	16.11.1999	Righteous Babe			76
16.	Revelling / Reckoning (2CD)	10.04.2001	Righteous Babe			50
17.	So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter (2CD)	10.09.2002	Righteous Babe			32
18.	Evolve	11.03.2003	Righteous Babe			30
19.	Educated Guess produced by: Ani DiFranco	20.01.2004	Righteous Babe			37
20.	Knuckle Down produced by: Ani DiFranco/Joe Henry	25.01.2005	Righteous Babe			49
21.	Carnegie Hall	04.04.2006	Righteous Babe
22.	Reprieve	08.08.2006	Righteous Babe			46
23.	Canon (2CD)	11.09.2007	Righteous Babe			89
24.	Live At Babeville	5/2008	Righteous Babe
25.	Red Letter Year	30.09.2008	Righteous Babe			55
26.	Which Side Are You On?	16.01.2012				26
27.	Trust: Live At The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC	10.07.2012
28.	Little Plastic Remixes	27.11.2012	Righteous Babe
29.	Buffalo 4-22-12 (Official Bootleg)	23.04.2013	Righteous Babe
30.	Allergic To Water	04.11.2014	Righteous Babe			155
31.	Sacremento, 10.25.03	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
32.	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January 23, 2008	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
33.	Boston, 11.10.06	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
34.	Portland, 4.7.04	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
35.	Hamburg, Germany, 10.18.07	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
36.	Madison, 1.25.04	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
37.	Boston, 11.16.03	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
38.	Chicago, 1.17.04	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
39.	Ridgefield, November 18, 2009	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
40.	Saratoga, CA, 9.18.06	24.07.2015	Righteous Babe
41.	Binary	6/2017				192

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Outta Me Onto You / Shy	23.09.1996	Cooking Vinyl
2.	More Joy, Less Shame EP (Joyful Girl / Shameless (Bathtub mix) / Both Hands (Live in Austin, Texas))	12.11.1996	Righteous Babe
3.	Angry Anymore	22.06.1999
4.	Swing Set EP (Swing / To The Teeth (Shoot-Out remix) / Do Re Me (live) / When I'm Gone / Hurricane)	11.07.2000	Righteous Babe
5.	Heartbreak Even	4/2001	Righteous Babe

Videos:

1. Render: Spanning Time With Ani DiFranco - 11.6.2002, Righteous Babe
2. Live At Babeville - 5/2008, Righteous Babe, live, 106 min

Awards:

2003 Grammy Awards - Best Recording Package ("Evolve")

WWW Links:

http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani

Various:

1990 own label Righteous Babe

appeared on the LP:

Prince: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (9.11.99, Arista)
John Gorka: The Company You Keep (13.3.01, Red House)
Cyndi Lauper: The Body Acoustic (8.11.05, Daylight)
Twilight Singers: Powder Burns (16.5.06, One Little Indian)

produced by LP:

'Til We Outmember 'Em (6/00, Righteous Babe, Woody Guthrie tribute)

Compilation Appearances:

"Little Plastic Castles" on compilation "The Best Of Hard Rock Live" (24.6.00, Sire)
"So What" on compilation "Respond II" (21.1.03, Koch)
"In The Way" on Aung San Suu Kyi benefit LP "For The Lady" (26.10.04, Rhino)
"Evolve" on live compilation "Bonnaroo 2004" (5.4.05, Sanctuary)
"Crime for Crime" / "Up up up up up up" / "Fuel" on OST "Dead Man Walking: Legacy Edition" (7.2.06, Columbia/Legacy)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	12		18	Pelmel - Venku
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	29	21.08.1997	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1998	4	29.01.1998	7	Infokus
1998	6	12.02.1998	26	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	3	28.01.1999	22
1999	4	04.02.1999	19		profile
1999	4	04.02.1999	27	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	5	11.02.1999	23	Texty
1999	44	16.12.1999	6	Infokus
2001	2	25.01.2001	9	Infokus
2001	4	22.02.2001	15	Live	gig review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	18	01.05.1993	17	Live	gig review
1993	29	17.07.1993	33	Albums	album review
1996	30	27.07.1996	15	Maker Breakers
1996	33	17.08.1996	38	Live!	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	9		102	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1997	12		108	Recenze - Reedice	album review
1999	2		11	Rock & Top
1999	3		74		profile
1999	3		100	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	7		14	Pelmel - Venku
1999	11		14	Pelmel - Venku
1999	12		8	Rock & Top	interview
1999	12		103	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	2		10	Rock & Top
2001	4		13	Pelmel
2001	6		99	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2003	4		54		profile, discography
2003	4		70	Recenze CD	album review
2004	2		71	Recenze	album review
2006	11		53	Recenze	album review
2007	9		53	Recenze	album review
2008	6		74	Record	album review
2008	11		65	Record	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	4		43
1999	7		82	Nová alba - RS tipy
2000	2		54	Nová alba	album review