These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They’re beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo, which I recently learned about guitar amps. Often what guitar amps call vibrato is really just a volume Up and Down. But Magnatone has a true vibrato, which is pitch bending. And so, it’s just a lush sound.
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Pop stardom is not very compelling. I’m much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there’s no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There’s no, like, ‘I’ll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.’
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A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don’t want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous ‘girl power’ sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it’s a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.
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Birth: | 23rd September, 1970 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Musician, Poet, Singer, Songwriter |
Ani DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York. She is an American singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, poet and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums and is widely considered a feminist icon. DiFranco has received positive feedback from critics for much of her career. Although DiFranco's music has been classified as both folk rock and alternative rock, she has reached across genres since her earliest albums incorporating first punk, then funk, hip hop, and jazz influences. She was one of the first independent musicians to create her own record label, a move that has given her significant creative freedom. She continues to excite her fan base with clever lyrics, outstanding guitar riffs, beautiful voice, and signature style. Starting in 2003, DiFranco was nominated four consecutive times for Best Recording Package at the Grammy Awards, winning in 2004, for Evolve. Starting in 2003, DiFranco was nominated four consecutive times for Best Recording Package at the Grammy Awards, winning in 2004, for Evolve. On July 21, 2006, DiFranco received the "Woman of Courage Award" at the National Organization for Women Conference and Young Feminist Summit in Albany, New York. DiFranco was also the recipient of the Woody Guthrie Award for being a voice of positive social change, at the 13th Annual Guthrie Awards Dinner in 2009.
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