Ani Difranco

Angela Maria Ani DiFranco, an American-Canadian singer and songwriter. She has released over 20 albums. Her music is classified as folk rock and alternative rock although it also has influences from punk hip hop, hip-hop and jazz. A feminist icon widely recognized as Grammy winner Ani DiFranco was the founder of the DIY movement. She was one of the pioneers of artists who started her own label 1990. DiFranco was born on the 23rd of September 1970 in the city of Buffalo, New York. She is the daughter of Elizabeth (Ross), who came across Dante Americo DiFranco while studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her father is of Italian descent, and her mother was born in Montreal. Ani diFranco composed and performed the song 32 Flavors. The track was first released in 1995 on the sixth studio album Not a Pretty Girl. The track is in the soundtrack to the Canadian romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate from 1999. In 2013, DiFranco apologised after it was revealed the fact that she had planned an event for three days at an old Louisiana slave farm. She cancelled it but many (including this piece) did not show any remorse. DiFranco released a second apology a couple of days after her first apology. Although she is known in the past as the Little Folksinger her music spans many types of music and collaborators, from Pete Seeger to Chuck D to Prince. She resides in New Orleans. Ani DiFranco has a relationship with Kristen Ford. By 14 she was writing her own songs. Through her teenage years she was performing her songs in bars and caf s. DiFranco began taking lessons at Buffalo State College at age 16 following her graduation from Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts. The baritone Ani purchased was an original Alvarez built by Chrys Johnston, who at that moment was employed as the Alvarez artist rep. This guitar is made of solid woods. It has an oak top, with a mahogany sides and back. It also has an System 600 Preamp. The house she lives in is in New Orleans with her husband along with her two children, and Lefty the long-legged pup who wanders into and out of view as we talk. Three decades deep into her career DiFranco confesses to having diverse feelings about seeing in the rearview mirror. Singer-songwriter and punk/folk musician Ani DiFranco attained musical heroine standing at 25, both among fans as well as critics, with her seventh single Not A Pretty Girl in 1995. She then had even more popular successes by releasing Dilate the following year. It is the 1972 single by the American pop band Looking Glass. The song was composed by Looking Glass lead guitarist and co-vocalist Elliot Lurie. Its conclusion explained in the song Do Ani and Luke marry? Ani and Luke have no plans to get married.