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  MUSIC
Reprieve

Review of
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impressive if you know how crazy
her touring schedule used to be.

A response to a past year filled
with intense personal challenges,
Ani has once

determined t.o buck the industry
standards of selling out ill1(l/()l' the goveriunent.

shutting up. This 13-track CI") l suppose tlmt is the key to
continues to mix her personal and Ani’s success and foresiglil. as

ships verses ll failing of society or

   

BY LLUVIA MULVANEY- again put . . .
sTANAK togethem, Am DiFranco IS able to meld the personal
alb th t - -

maven Hulficane Kama Sm_p“:‘SSe: and political and create a soundtrack
(“the "We h°"ifiCre-, herprevi- that makes even the most picky music
sponse of the Bush adnun- ous work _

istration afterward) could prevent bothinmw fan Sit Up and take note.

Ani DiFranco from putting out sicianship

another album. Her new effort,
reprieve, puts her at well over 20
records which sets a pace of near-
ly one a year, a feat even more

an artist. She is able to mold the
personal and political zuid create
a soundtrack that makes even the
most picky music fan sit up and
take note.

Ani continues to move away
from her “big band” days of the
late ‘9()s and gets back to ‘‘basics'’
- if you can even call it that - with
reprieve. The songs reflect on her
rough past couple of years: a di-
vorce, health issues abruptly halt-
ing her insane touiing schedule,
and the continued decline of her
hometowns (first Bullalo, NY, and
now New Orleans).

Despite. the. somet‘iines melan-
choly undertones, this is a must-
have addition to any true Ani l'an's
co1lection.V

and content. Ani is not and re-
ally has never been just a “folk-
singer.” She has been a musical
leader amongst those who are

political thoughts into one con-
tinuous flow of prose. In fact, at
this point it is hard to tell which
songs are about failed relation-

DiFranco at the Clearwater Festival
PHOTO: AUGUSTO MENEZES

  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 

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