Ani DiFranco

Ani Difranco is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She began making a name for herself in the music world with the release of her self-titled debut album in 1990. Since then, this Grammy Award-winning artist has continued playing with folk and jazz musicians, orchestras, rappers, poets, pop superstars, storytellers, and notable martial artists.

DiFranco has established herself as a feminist icon and political activist, using her music as a way to convey powerful, yet personal messages. In 2006, she received the Woman of Courage Award at the National Organization for Women (NOW) Conference and Young Feminist Summit.

Over the course of more than 20 albums, including the live double CD Living in Clip and the two-disc career retrospective Canon, as well as the latest one, Which Side are You On?, Difranco has never stopped evolving, experimenting, testing the limits of what can be said and sung.

Perhaps as well known for her music as her innovative business moves, DiFranco is a legend in the industry for rejecting the major record label system and opting to release albums on her own terms. She is the creator of Righteous Babe Records, an independent label at the forefront of a trend that has seen many big-name artists follow DiFranco’s lead, including Radiohead, Madonna, and Nine Inch Nails.

Also a believer in environmental sustainability, DiFranco has installed a geothermal heating and cooling system in the renovated church that houses Righteous Babe Records and uses organic inks on all the T-shirts she sells.

DiFranco's many other albums include Red Letter Year, Not So Soft , Not A Pretty Girl, and Educated Guess.

What People are Saying About Ani Difranco

“Fiercely independent”
Rolling Stone magazine

“The ultimate do-it-yourself songwriter”
New York Times