Ani DiFranco

Catch Ani at the 29th Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, CO from August 16-18, 2019! Tickets: https://shop.bluegrass.com/folks/tickets Planet Bluegrass #rockymtnfolksfest

Happy Friday Folks! We are so excited about the upcoming release of Peter Mulvey's new album, announced this week with a new track "The Fox" available to stream today (check out the Righteous Babe Records feed for more info and tour dates). In celebration, we wanted to share Peter's beautiful cover of "Joyful Girl" that he posted earlier this year before joining her on tour. Enjoy! RBR

here’s a story (originated in the new york times) that’s getting reprinted all over the country, thanks to the work of my friend susan and the shift7 research team. to which i say: yay! let the stories and voices of women enter our culture and propel the kind of deeper awareness necessary for our ultimate escape from patriarchy! -ani

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Happy Friday Folks! We are getting excited for the release of Ani's memoir "No Walls and The Recurring Dream" coming in May (now available for preorder here: https://righteousbabe.com/blogs/news/anis-memoir-available-for-pre-order). If you are waiting in anticipation as we are, here's a look back at a recent interview with PBS Articulate to hold you over. Enjoy! RBR

Happy Friday Folks! We are so excited for Anais Mitchell, whose musical masterpiece Hadestown is heading to Broadway next year!! (Get more information on the stage production here: http://www.hadestown.com/) Enjoy a flashback to Ani as Persephone singing "Our Lady of the Underground" from the Hadestown Album. Enjoy! RBR

We may soon have an amendment to give civil rights to women.

i had a blast participating in Guitar Mash last week. i especially enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the young people who attended the afternoon workshop. i wish each of them them well in their journey through music and i feel blessed to have spent the day with them at the urban campfire! -ani #guitarmash

this song foreign girls is cool. i had fun working on it. -ani

Happy Friday Folks! It's a good morning for a quiet song, enjoy a look back at "The Pacifist's Lament" live for The Strombo Show / House of Strombo. We hope you have a relaxing weekend! Enjoy - RBR

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Happy Friday Folks! Ani's headed to New York City this Sunday 11/18 to participate in the The 7th Annual Guitar Mash Urban Campfire (check out details here: https://guitarmash.org/events/nov18/). This made us feel like listening to a sing-along song... Check out Petah's debut in this live video of "Which Side Are You On?" from 2016 also featuring Chastity Brown. Join in and Enjoy! RBR

The Roots of Music heavy hitters lawrence rawlins and derrick tabb and the roots of music marching band #nola #rootsofmusicfundraiser

Join Ani and the whole Guitar Mash family on November 18 for the 7th annual Urban Campfire. Bring your guitar or just bring you! guitarmash.org/nov18

Happy Friday Folks! Tonight Ani joins an all-star line up at Tipitina's in New Orleans to perform a couple songs at 'Tipping Point', a fundraiser for Tulane University. The line up includes Ziggy Marley, Taj Mahal, Irma Thomas, and Ivan Neville (among many others) - get more information here: https://goo.gl/DB1HfA. To get you in the mood here's the NPR Tiny Desk Concert also featuring Ivan as part of the band! Enjoy! RBR

Ani's long-awaited memoir "No Walls and the Recurring Dream" is coming out May 7, 2019 via Viking Books! Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/2OXttNh In her memoir, DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, honest, passionate, and often funny pages is the tale of one woman's eventful and radical journey to the age of thirty. Ani's coming of age story is defined by her ethos of fierce independence — from being an emancipated minor sleeping in a Buffalo bus station, to unwaveringly building a career through appearances at small clubs and festivals, to releasing her first album at the age of 18, to consciously rejecting the mainstream recording industry and creating her own label, Righteous Babe Records. In these pages, as in life, she never hesitates to challenge established rules and expectations, maintaining a level of artistic integrity that has impressed many and antagonized more than a few. Ani continues to be a major touring and recording artist as well as a celebrated activist and feminist, standing as living proof that you can overcome all personal and societal obstacles to be who you are and to follow your dreams. If you pre-order the book and want to give it to someone else as a holiday gift, forward your receipt to [email protected] with your mailing address and we'll send you a card you can stuff in a stocking. Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/2OXttNh

One Day Sale! Wear your love for Ani DiFranco with memorabilia handcrafted from her used guitar strings. Profits donated to to The Roots of Music. 30% off today only at Wear Your Music: www.wearyourmusic.com.

Great message from Revolutionary Love

congratulations and loud cheers to: alexandria ocasio-cortez abby finkenauer sharice davids debra haaland rashida tlaib ilhan omar fingers crossed for stacey abrams… and good riddance to a racist, jim crow holdover law allowing non-unanimous juries in louisiana. and now… back to work. cheers to all my fellow voters! let’s keep it up! -your folksinger

#VoteDammit

Tomorrow! Tuesday, November 6 - #VoteDammit

with Petah and Princess SHAW #krewefete2018 #neworleans

Tuesday, November 6th is closer than you think. Make plans for election day now. Or better yet, vote early! Visit @HeadCountOrg #TheFutureIsVoting

Happy Friday Folks! Ani is gearing up to host The Roots of Music fundraiser in New Orleans on November 10, featuring New Orleans food, cocktails, and live entertainment from The Roots of Music Marching Band, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, and other special guests. Check out this video to learn more about the organization. Get more info including tickets and donation info here: https://www.thompson-auctions.net/therootsofmusic Enjoy! RBR