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Article: Anything but the grrrrrl: an interview with musician Ani DiFranco--founder of Righteous Babe Records and folk-punk troubadour of the secular Left.(Reveling/Reckoning)(Interview)
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- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Ani DiFranco began her professional career when she was 9 years old, singing and playing Beatles songs to audiences in her hometown of Buffalo, New York. She wrote her first song at 14. Moved out on her own at 15. When she recorded her first album, at age 20, she had already composed more than 100 songs. DiFranco's blue-collar parents exposed her to folk music. Their home was a haven for touring musicians.
By 1991 she started her own record label--Righteous Babe Records. In the past 10 years, DiFranco has been named one of VHI's "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll," had four Grammy nominations, produced 13 albums, created an independent gold album, and just ...
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... ... scene at the dawn of the 1990s. Released on her own label, Righteous Babe Records, her self-titled debut marked the arrival of ... of live performances, DiFranco has remained the original righteous babe: She has never gone to a major label, despite offers ...
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