Ani DiFranco – To The Teeth – 1999 (iTunes) Is Ani DiFranco advocating blowing up and destroying media and corporations? On the title track it sure seems so. Thing is, if this was the younger Ani the song would be an onslaught of frenetic fingering and it would have resonance. Continue Reading

“Why don’t you go ahead and turn off the sun cuz we’ll never live long enough to undo everything they’ve done to you.” Ani DiFranco – Up Up Up Up Up Up Up – 1999 (iTunes – Amazon) I suppose it was bound to happen, right? After four straight brilliant Continue Reading

“People used to make records as in the record of an event….” Ani DiFranco – Little Plastic Castle -1998 (iTunes – Amazon) After breaking into the mainstream with the live album Living in Clip and the two phenomenal albums before it Ani was presented with a new challenge. Namely what Continue Reading