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Also known as Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco, Ani Di Franco, Angela DiFranco

American singer-songwriter

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Ani DiFranco is a United States-based singer-songwriter and author who began her professional work in 1989. Her musical style is categorized as folk, indie, and alternative, with specific genres including American and urban folk. She has released twelve works, among which are *Knowing*, *Self evident*, *Peace, Love, Action!*, and *Show up and Vote*.

DiFranco’s public statements include remarks on feminism and marginalized communities. Her official website is anidifranco.com. On Last.fm, her music is tagged with folk, singer-songwriter, female vocalists, indie, and alternative. She has 60,266 social media followers and 619,014 listeners on Last.fm, with a total playcount of 19,386,033.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Show up and Vote
  • Show up and Vote (Signed) 6-Copy Prepack W/ L-Card
  • Knowing
  • Self evident
  • Peace, Love, Action!

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1970-09-23
americanfolkurban folk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
619,014
Total plays
19,386,033

Tags

folksinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsindiealternative

Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria DiFranco; September 23, 1970) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter, feminist icon and businesswoman from New York state. Although much of DiFranco's material is autobiographical, it is often also strongly political. Many of her songs are concerned with contemporary social issues such as racism, sexism, sexual abuse, homophobia, reproductive rights, poverty, and war. DiFranco's guitar playing is often characterized by a signature stacca

via Last.fm · Ani DiFranco

Quotes

  • I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music..
  • In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.
  • I believe in that step of not just making revolutionary music but making it in a way that challenges the system, Especially in this day and age when the tools for producing and distributing are more and more accessible to the average Joe and Josephine. The possibility of emancipation and control and independence is so much greater now.
  • There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent.But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.
  • I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.
  • Every tool is a weapon - if you hold it right.

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Key facts

Born
Angela Maria DiFranco , ( 1970-09-23 ) September 23, 1970 (age 55) , Buffalo, New York , US
Genres
Folk rock alternative rock punk rock indie folk
Occupations
Musician singer-songwriter poet
Instruments
Guitar vocals
Works
Ani DiFranco discography
Years active
1989–present
Label
Righteous Babe
Website
anidifranco .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (/ˈɑːniː/; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip-hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe.

DiFranco supports many social and political movements by performing benefit concerts, appearing on benefit albums and speaking at rallies. Through the Righteous Babe Foundation, DiFranco has backed grassroots cultural and political organizations supporting causes including abortion rights and LGBTQ visibility. She counts American folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger among her mentors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ani DiFranco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.