When art is activism and anyway
Both are just a lifelong light
Shining through a swinging prism"
-Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is one of the hard-working, outspoken, true musicians out there.
She was born in Buffalo (New York) in 1970. At the age of 18 she founded her own record label - Righteous Babe Records. DiFranco published her self-titled debut album Ani DiFranco in 1990.
She became a progressive singer, guitarist, and songwriter and a figurehead of the American new-folk movement.
Her music can be settled between Folk, Punk and Independent. During her career she integrated various other styles into her music, for example a lot of funky elements
in the late 90s.
Ani DiFranco’s lyrics are very ambitious: She works with alliteration, puns and metaphors and with a more or less clear irony.
Much of DiFranco’s material is autobiographical. Her songs are implicitly or explicitly politically and deal with social issues such as racism, sexism, sexual abuse, homophobia, abortion rights, poverty and war.
Besides the music for performance, DiFranco makes musical statements in support of to political issuescandidates. During the U.S. presidential campaign in 2000, DiFranco supported Ralph Nader outside the so-called Swing States, e.g. at Madison Square Garden on October, the 13th, 2000 (see the video below.
During the election campaign in 2004, she supported the Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich. For the upcoming election, DiFranco is threowing her support behind 2008 Presidential Candidate and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich until he dropped from the raceaga Tin. See the video below , where she shows her support for the himcandidate in Boston on Nov 12, 2007.
In an interview with Spinner.com, DiFranco comments on her support for Kucinich:
She was born in Buffalo (New York) in 1970. At the age of 18 she founded her own record label - Righteous Babe Records. DiFranco published her self-titled debut album Ani DiFranco in 1990.
She became a progressive singer, guitarist, and songwriter and a figurehead of the American new-folk movement.
Her music can be settled between Folk, Punk and Independent. During her career she integrated various other styles into her music, for example a lot of funky elements
in the late 90s.
Ani DiFranco’s lyrics are very ambitious: She works with alliteration, puns and metaphors and with a more or less clear irony.
Much of DiFranco’s material is autobiographical. Her songs are implicitly or explicitly politically and deal with social issues such as racism, sexism, sexual abuse, homophobia, abortion rights, poverty and war.
Besides the music for performance, DiFranco makes musical statements in support of to political issuescandidates. During the U.S. presidential campaign in 2000, DiFranco supported Ralph Nader outside the so-called Swing States, e.g. at Madison Square Garden on October, the 13th, 2000 (see the video below.
During the election campaign in 2004, she supported the Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich. For the upcoming election, DiFranco is threowing her support behind 2008 Presidential Candidate and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich until he dropped from the raceaga Tin. See the video below , where she shows her support for the himcandidate in Boston on Nov 12, 2007.
In an interview with Spinner.com, DiFranco comments on her support for Kucinich:
"Yeah, he's still as cool as he ever was. I can't tell you how many times I hear, over and over, "Well, he was the coolest. I watched the debate and he made the most sense but he's unelectable." Again, that disillusionment. People just don't even believe anymore that you can vote for a guy and he can be president. It's all about the money and the power. You have to believe something before you can make it so. I hate to see us progressives in this country shooting ourselves in the foot, just accepting the media celebrity game that they play with the supposedly electable people."
Read the full interview at http://www.spinner.com/2007/10/19/ani-difranco-loads-her-canon-with-politics-and-love/
Read the full interview at http://www.spinner.com/2007/10/19/ani-difranco-loads-her-canon-with-politics-and-love/
Ani DiFranco at Nader Rally 10-13-2000
Dennis Kucinich and Ani DiFranco in Boston
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