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...first song on singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco's new album, Little Plastic Castle, starts off with a jolt. We've come to expect shocks from DiFranco--she's a rock maverick, a singer who owns her own label (Righteous Babe Records of Buffalo, New York), who refuses to sign to a major record company and who performs often raucous punk-folk songs about music-industry greed, abortion and her own bisexuality. DiFranco is so fiercely protective of her work that she was miffed when a recent cover of one of her songs, 32 Flavors, by newcomer Alana Davis added...
FEMALE ROCK NOMINEES Fiona Apple 20 Meredith Brooks 31 Ani DiFranco 27 Abra Moore 28 Patti Smith...
...music works in much the same way. On 32 Flavors, she covers a song by punk-folk singer Ani DiFranco, lending it an upbeat, pop-oriented grace. On the title track, Davis coasts into a relaxed jazz-jam mode. And then on Turtle, her voice arches above the chorus, R.-and-B. diva-like, aching with emotion. Davis will no doubt draw comparisons to acts from various genres--you can hear Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and even Stevie Wonder churning inside her songs. But like most true talents, she eludes direct matches. The gentle waves of her music beat against...
...25th anniversary of Woodstock in 1994, on his MTV Unplugged album in 1995 and in concert recently at Jones Beach, outside New York City, Dylan displayed a renewed focus and grace. He has also been touring with stars of the new folkie set--punk-folk rocker Ani DiFranco and pop-folk star Jewel have opened his shows. One wonders: Does he stand in the wings and watch these young women perform? What does he feel as he sees his son Jakob, of the folk-rock band the Wallflowers, ascend the charts? Does he see where he has been or where...
Popular recognition of chick rock has been a long time coming. Liz Phair was using naughty words long before Meredith Brooks set out to use the word bitch as a means of empowerment, and Ani DiFranco was shaking things up while Jewel was still reading by candlelight on the granola farm. You made a mistake in choosing to shine the spotlight on the popular yet sophomoric Jewel. The Lilith Fair music festival exists because it was McLachlan's idea, not because of Jewel. ANNE DAVIDSEN Timonium...