The news hasn’t quite hit the web yet, but songwriter/Righteous Babe Records founder Ani Difranco will grace The Paramount Theater‘s stage on Wednesday, March 4. What’s more, her gig follows a performance the previous day by kindred righteous babe Joan Baez. Tickets for both shows go on sale on Friday, December 12 at 10am and can be purchased here (it’s a Starr Hill Presents gig).
According to C-VILLE’s review of Ani’s latest, Red Letter Year, Dame Difranco may be at her best in a live setting. What do you think?
Ani Difranco: Still badass after all these years.
The last year was my big introduction to Difranco, incidentally—fell in love with "Overlap," caught two wildly different and equally enjoyable sets (a seated show in Maryland, a standing gig in Norfolk, Virginia). I’m far from being a "Righteous" dude, but I can say that she puts on a steamrolling live show whether you know the lyrics like the back . You can get a taste of some recent Ani activity at Daytrotter, where she recorded a few songs. (Go here; skip the material from Red Letter Year and listen to "Coming Up" first.)
So, Ani Fan-is, compile your dream setlist here! Then, answer me this: Twenty albums into her career—not far from Baez’s 33, and in a career half as long!—what’s Ani Difranco’s lasting imprint on music?