Ani DiFranco
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American singer-songwriter
OverviewAI-generated
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.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- film director
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Righteous Babe Records
- Official website
- anidifranco.com
- Image
- Ani Difranco Ancienne Belgique.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Commons category
- Ani DiFranco
- date of birth
- 1970-09-23
- Commons gallery
- Ani DiFranco
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- birth name
- Angela Maria DiFranco
- name in native language
- Ani DiFranco
- social media followers
- 60266
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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.