Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco (pronounced "AHH-nee") (born Angela Marie Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a progressive singer, guitarist, and songwriter. DiFranco is prolific, having produced three studio albums of new material and one remix album just in 1999 (see list below). She has released at least one album every year since 1990, except in 2000 (perhaps because she released three albums in 1999 and a double album in 2001.)

Biography

Born in Buffalo, New York, DiFranco, the daughter of two folk music loving parents, started playing Beatles' covers at local bars with her guitar teacher at the age of nine, and built her career from there.

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Buffalo - New York

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By the time she was fifteen, her family life imploded. At this time, she moved out on her own, supporting herself mainly by her vocal performances, but still managed to graduate from The Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts school.

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In 1989, at the age of eighteen, DiFranco started her own record company, Righteous Babe Records, with just $50, and recorded Ani DiFranco, issued in the winter of 1990. Later on she relocated to New York City and toured vigorously.

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1989 - Righteous Babe Records - Ani DiFranco - 1990 - New York City - Tour

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She is openly bisexual and, in 1998, married sound engineer Andrew Gilchrist. They separated five years later but remain friends.

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Bisexual - 1998 - Married - Sound engineer - Andrew Gilchrist

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