Singer Ani DiFranco expecting a baby
AP, Jul 22, 2006 3:52 am PDTAni 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 Friday she is due in February. The baby's father, Mike Napolitano, produced her upcoming album "Reprieve."
NOW presented DiFranco with the Woman of Courage award.
Latifa Lyles, NOW's vice president of membership, presented the award and called Difranco an inspiration, not only for her music but for her independent ideals. DiFranco founded her own record label, Righteous Babe, in 1990 after becoming frustrated with other music labels.
Past recipients of the annual award include Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., and playwright Eve Ensler. Difranco, a Buffalo native, is the first musician to receive the honor.
"Reprieve," a collection of a dozen songs and spoken-word pieces, will be released next month. It will be Difranco's 18th full-length album since her debut was released in 1990.
More Artist News
Ani DiFranco looks toward "Red Letter Year"
Jul 17, 2008 1:00 am PDT
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 on her own Righteous Babe label, was ...
DiFranco's The Church is now Babeville
Sep 11, 2007 6:26 am PDT
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 Babe Records, and Hallwalls Cont...
Nominations for 49th Annual Grammy Awards
Dec 7, 2006 9:35 am PST
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 BarkleyContinuum, John MayerStadi...
Springsteen delivers emotional set at Jazz Fest
May 2, 2006 9:01 pm PDT
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 expect at the first Jazz Fest since H...
DiFranco Returns at New Orleans Jazz Fest
Apr 24, 2006 1:37 pm PDT
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. The Buffalo native moved to New Orl...
