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'I've got myself a new mantra,' Ani DiFranco shares on her new studio album. 'It says `Don't forget to have a good time.'' This attitude has clearly influenced the dozen tunes on Red Letter Year, which celebrate existence, profess love and tackle thorny political issues with an infectious sense of glee. It's one of Ani's most joyous records to date.
And it has been a long time coming. Red Letter Year was sculpted over the course of two years, a period in which Ani continued to hone her songwriting, performing and recording skills, all the while balancing her new role as a mom. 'I think I sorely needed to be slowed down, and finally a little person came along powerful enough to do it,' Ani reflects. The end result is an album of focused, layered, panoramic music.
Ani's band - upright bassist Todd Sickafoose, vibraphonist/percussionist Mike Dillon and drummer Allison Miller - is a major source of Red Letter Year's singular personality. On 'Emancipated Minor,' Miller's driving beat tethers to Ani's killer electric guitar hook, while Sickafoose's bass adds the perfect counterpoint to Ani's acoustic guitar work on 'Way Tight'. And on 'Alla This,' Dillon's vibes are as rich and open-minded as Ani's defiant, anthemic lyrics.
Add to the inspired, re-invigorated Ani the uncanny production skills of Napolitano (Joseph Arthur, The Twilight Singers, Squirrel Nut Zippers), the otherworldly string arrangements of long time collaborator Sickafoose, and the inspired playing of guests such as Jon Hassell on trumpet (Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Ry Cooder), and you've got the makings of a DiFranco classic.
Ani DiFranco生于美国纽约州的Buffalo，1989年开始她的音乐事业，在九十年代，她以最具影响力与启发性的女英雄偶像的姿态出现，一直以来都成功地与主流唱片公司相抗衡著，她遵循绝对的DIY原则，自己建立独立厂牌Righteous Babe发行自己的作品。她的事业发展速度虽然缓慢，但通过全年无休的巡演力量稳定地建立了一群忠实的Blueglass跟随者。身为热情的女性主义者，她的歌曲以深刻的洞察力与理解、同情，堕胎与性别歧视等内容为主，真实的面对自己的音乐和自己的思想，敢于直白的道出一般人由于胆怯或虚伪而无法说出的社会事实。作为歌手与词曲创作者，她的作品充满了自我坦白与刻骨铭心的诚实，因而也让音乐有着一种自我与愤怒的力量。Ani DiFranco 曾多次获格莱美奖。
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