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| A Conversation with Ani Difranco (12.16.07) |
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| Tickets/Registration: 212.415.5500 |
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| Media Contact: Meryl Wheeler, 212.413.8841, email |
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| A CONVERSATION WITH ANI DIFRANCO |
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| Anthony DeCurtis, moderator |
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Sun Dec 16 / 7:30 pm / $35
92ND STREET Y | 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street
TICKETS & INFORMATION: www.92Y.org | 212.415.5500
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| New York, NY, November, 15, 2007—Singer/songwriter, poet, artist and entrepreneur ANI DIFRANCO appears at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, December 16 at 7:30 pm for a conversation with music journalist Anthony DeCurtis about her life and her music. |
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DiFranco's latest album, Canon, and her first book of poetry and illustration, Verses, were both released in September. DiFranco handpicked the songs for Canon, her first studio retrospective, during a break from touring after the birth of her first child in January. The two-disc set includes songs from 1990 to 2006, plus five tracks that she re-recorded with long-time collaborator Todd Sickafoose, among others, including singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur and Afghan Whig/Twilight Singers frontman Greg Dulli.
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Like all her recordings, Canon was released on DiFranco's Righteous Babe label, now headquartered in a newly renovated landmark building in her hometown of Buffalo, NY. The building, now known as Babeville, also houses a state-of-the-art performance space and contemporary arts center.
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Verses, released by Seven Stories Press, features DiFranco's poetry and 12 of her paintings. Like her lyrics, the poems address intimacy, politics, compromise and love.
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Ani DiFranco burst onto the scene in 1990. Her lyrics tackled political and sexual issues with insight and compassion, backed by percussive guitar finger picking and an inimitable vocal style. She is an eight-time Grammy Award nominee and her nearly two-dozen recordings have sold over 4.5 million copies, all on her own label.
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| ABOUT THE 92nd STREET Y |
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Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the 92nd Street Y has grown into a wide-ranging cultural, educational and community center serving people of all ages, races, faiths and backgrounds. The 92nd Street Y's mission is to enrich the lives of the over 300,000 people who visit each year — both in person and through the Y's satellite, television, radio and Internet broadcasts. The organization offers comprehensive performing arts, film and spoken word events; courses in the humanities, the arts, personal development and Jewish culture; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and health and fitness programs for people of every age. Committed to making its programs available to everyone, the 92nd Street Y awards nearly $1 million in scholarships annually and reaches out to 7,000 public school children through fully-subsidized arts education programs. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org. |
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