Reuters - Jul 17, 2008
Ani DiFranco will release her 20th album since 1990 on September 30, a package that ranks as one of the folk singer's cheeriest, funkiest and most collaborative to date. Red Letter Year, due...
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Ani DiFranco has renamed the 19th-century Gothic church in Buffalo that she bought and renovated. Originally dubbed The Church, the venue is now Babeville. The building houses her music label, Righteous...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »AP - Jul 22, 2006
Ani DiFranco announced she s pregnant while being honored for her contributions to the feminist movement at the National Organization for Women s 40th annual convention. The 35-year-old singer said...
More »Reuters - May 2, 2006
The first weekend of the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ended with a slow, elegiac version of the Crescent City standard When the Saints Go Marching In, just the kind of thing you d...
More »AP - Apr 24, 2006
Folk singer Ani DiFranco, who stopped performing for almost a year due to tendinitis in her wrists, will make her comeback Friday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, in her newly adopted city...
More »Reuters - Feb 15, 2006
Let the Good Times Roll! Vowing to gather the biggest names in music to celebrate New Orleans, organizers of Jazz Fest on Wednesday unveiled an eclectic line-up with the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon...
More »AP - Nov 7, 2005
Cyndi Lauper, The Body Acoustic (Epic) On her new disc The Body Acoustic, 52-year-old Cyndi Lauper recasts a slew of her old hits — from She Bop to True Colors and Time after Time — in acoustic...
More »Reuters - Oct 14, 2005
Former Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli has experienced life on an indie and life on a major. Now he is finding that an artist may not need a label at all. Dulli is not the first major-label alumnus...
More »AP - Aug 10, 2005
In 2000, the Churchills thought they had it made. The New York-based pop band had landed a major-label record deal and were fixed up with producer Mark Hart, former keyboardist with the seminal Australian...
More »E! Online - Feb 2, 2005
Country powerhouse Kenny Chesney s timeout from the Nashville scene to challenge Jimmy Buffett s beach-party monopoly has paid off. Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair, which features island-themed...
More »Reuters - Dec 15, 2004
A trip to The Red Light District scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday. The Atlanta rapper/actor s fourth Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South effort sold...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2004
Same Bonnaroo time, same Bonnaroo place. The fourth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival will be held June 10-12, 2005, returning to the 700-acre site in rural Manchester, Tenn., about 60 miles south of Nashville...
More »AP - Dec 7, 2004
61. Salsa/Merengue Album: Valio La Pena, Marc Anthony; Travesia, Victor Manuelle; Autentico, Gilberto Santa Rosa; Creciendo, Son de Cali; Across 110th Street, Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben...
More »Reuters - Nov 9, 2004
New York public radio station WFUV will on Nov. 24 issue the seventh edition in its City Folk Live series of live performances. The set sports tracks from the Thrills, Fountains of Wayne, Emmylou Harris...
More »Reuters - Sep 21, 2004
Live tracks from Pearl Jam, R.E.M ., Ben Harper , Paul McCartney , Bonnie Raitt and Indigo Girls highlight the track list for For the Lady, a benefit album for imprisoned Burmese peace activist Aung...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2004
Organizers of the Vote for Change tour say they are pleased with initial ticket sales for the politically charged trek and expect shows to sell out by Labor Day. The tour features superstar acts performing...
More »AP - Jul 2, 2004
It may be Independence Day to you, but July 4th is officially Goo Goo Dolls Day in Buffalo. The group has a city proclamation to prove it. Johnny Rzeznik and Robbie Takac can pick up the honor when...
More »Reuters - May 28, 2004
Montreal will be Canada s hot spot this summer as the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal celebrates its 25th anniversary June 30-July 11. The festival, founded by Andre Menard and Alain Simard...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2004
Performers at the nation s biggest gathering of bands here always face Vegas-style odds. Yet acts ranging from major-label properties to unsigned regional groups -- more than 1,200 in all this year --...
More »AP - Feb 12, 2004
Never a stranger to doing things her own way, Ani DiFranco has found herself doing them alone these days. DiFranco, who recently split with her longtime partner and sound engineer Andrew Gilchrist,...
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