Ani DiFranco ramps up summer outing
Ani DiFranco has filled in her summer tour itinerary with 20 shows across the US and a couple in Canada.
The singer/songwriter, who completed a spring run in April, will be back on the road starting June 18 in Aspen, CO. She and her band--bassist Todd Sickafoose, drummer Allison Miller and percussionist Mike Dillon--are scheduled to visit a mix of clubs, theaters, sheds and festivals through late July. Dates are listed below.
Special guests on the trek include The Moldy Peaches co-founder Kimya Dawson, New York City-based singer/songwriter Regina Spektor and Welsh singer/songwriter Martyn Joseph. Details about which acts will appear at each show are available at DiFranco's website.
While the self-described "Little Folksinger" was taking a break from the road last year to focus on motherhood, she put together her first career retrospective, "Canon." The 36-song collection, which surfaced in September on DiFranco's own Righteous Babe indie label, delves into material from her 1990 debut to 2006's "Reprieve," and includes five re-recorded tracks of old favorites, including "Both Hands."
She followed that set in April with the "Live at Babeville" DVD, which captures DiFranco's inaugural sold-out shows in her own Buffalo, NY, venue. Babeville, a former church slated for demolition, has been reinvented as a state-of-the-art music hall. The DVD features highlights from the Sept. 11-12 concerts, including two previously unreleased songs.
One of those tracks, "Present/Infant," was inspired by DiFranco's 15-month-old daughter and is expected to appear on her forthcoming studio album, "Red Letter Year," which is due this fall.
June 2008
18 - Aspen, CO - The Belly Up
19 - Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
21 - Salt Lake City, UT - Library Square, Amphitheater Stage
22 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pine Mountain Amphitheatre
24 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
25 - San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
26 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto Theatre
28 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
29 - Laytonville, CA - Kate Wolf Memorial Festival
July 2008
7 - Vienna, VA - The Filene Center
9 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts
11 - Richmond, VA - The National
12 - Florence, MA - Pines Theater
13 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
15 - Danbury, CT - Ives Concert Park
16 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
19 - Davenport, IA - Capitol Theater
23 - Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
24 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
25 - Bozeman, MT - Emerson Theater
27 - Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Fest
28 - Edmonton, Alberta - Winspear Centre
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