Because Ani Difranco is one of my favorite artists, I take any chance I can to feature her music.
Today is a newly re-master song from and amazing collection of Ani live.
Here's some info from Righteous Babe:
ANI DIFRANCO CELEBRATES THE
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIVING IN CLIP
WITH A NEWLY REMASTERED EDITION
OF THE ICONIC LIVE ALBUM!
ALBUM WILL BE OUT ON JULY 29TH
VIA RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS
SUMMER TOUR DATES BEGIN JUNE 17
SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE THE RIGHTEOUS BABES:
GRACIE AND RACHEL, ZOE BOEKBINDER, JOCELYN MACKENZIE
Singer/songwriter/feminist/activist/author Ani DiFranco is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of her seminal first live collection Living In Clip with a remastered edition of the landmark double album, out July 29 on Righteous Babe Records. This marks the first time the breakthrough recording will be available on vinyl (3 LPs), which will include a new album cover and never-before-seen photos of Ani, her band and crew from that era. Twenty-five years later the album is recognized as a point of entry that radically expanded DiFranco’s audience, and a historically important testament to the relationship between Ani as a live performer and the devoted community she created with her fans.
Affectionately named after the state of stage amps about to blow out, Living In Clip was originally recorded from performances in nearly two-dozen venues from 1995-1996 (around the release of Dilate), offering the intimacy and power of a live show with over two hours of music including intermission and encore. Originally released on April 22, 1997, the album features DiFranco, Andy Stochansky on drums and Sara Lee on bass (Gang of Four, B-52s, Indigo Girls)
About Living In Clip, DiFranco notes, “You don’t know when you are making a thing if it is a good thing or a not-so-good thing. You don’t know if it will connect with people and have meaning for them or if it will only have meaning for you, in the end. While I am being creative, I try to worry about my score as little as possible, as judging can get in the way of doing, but after the fact, of course, it all becomes clear. I have come to understand that living in clip connected with a lot of people, that it opened doors for me and radically expanded my audience. It was a record that served as an entry point for so many into my life and work, and so I am very grateful that I made it. I am grateful to all the people who helped me, especially my man Goat. It was an odd move to make a double live album just as my star was rising and my studio recordings were only just beginning to find distribution, but as with much of my life some of my oddest moves have been the best ones. I love Living In Clip because in all its looseness, it feels accurate. It feels native to the place I come from and the place where I basically still live. I don’t know what that place is called, but starting around the time of this release, I knew I was not alone there.”
DiFranco kicks off a round of summer tour dates, beginning June 17 in Santa Fe, NM. She will be joined by supporting artists Rainbow Girls and Abraham Alexander on her June west coast tour. Then picking up later in July are her Righteous Babe label mates Gracie and Rachel, Zoe Boekbinder, and Jocelyn Mackenzie, who are uniting for a special ensemble performance as The Righteous Babes, collaborating on one another’s songs arranged specifically for their tour with Ani. Of the tour, DiFranco says, "I am so excited to hit the road with the Righteous Babes, a supergroup of artists who have all found refuge under the Righteous Babe umbrella. All are friends and all are kick-ass. We are going to have some fuhuuuun!”
Ani DiFranco Tour Dates
6/17 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf Presents @ Santa Fe Brewing^
6/18 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre^
6/19 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy + Harriet’s^
6/21 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up^
6/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Ford Theatre^
6/24 – Laytonville, CA – Kate Wolf Music Festival
6/25 – Napa, CA – Blue Note at Charles Krug Winery%
6/26 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore%
6/28 – Grass Valley, CA – Center for the Arts%
6/30 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom%
7/1 – Seattle, WA – Neptune%
7/2 – Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater%
7/28 – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater#
7/29 – Truro, MA – Payomet Performing Arts Center#
7/30 – Portland, ME – State Theater#
7/31 – Oak Bluffs, MA – Martha's Vineyard PAC#
8/2 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater#
8/3 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live#
8/5 – Indianapolis, IN – Rock The Ruins (The Vogue Outdoors)
8/6 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*
8/7 – Fish Creek, WI – Door Community Auditorium#
8/9 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow#
8/10 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow#
8/11 – Omaha, NE – The Admiral Theater#
8/13 – Lyons, CO – Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
8/30 – Playa Mujeres, MX – Etheridge Island Festival
^with special guest Rainbow Girls
% with special guest Abraham Alexander
# w/ special guests The Righteous Babes: Gracie and Rachel, Zoe Boekbinder, Jocelyn Mackenzie
* supporting Brandi Carlile
I've had this collection since it first came out and have listened to it SO many times!