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08:49 AM, Oct 22, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 10/21/2009 | Location: Eugene, OR, USA
For FULL REVIEW, go to: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/difranco-eugene09/ [pic] Ani DiFranco is one of my favorite artists. The fact that she’s as prolific as an apple slicer at a pie factory doesn’t hurt my need for new music from her. I’ve posted many times before the “stats” behind her release schedule (it is both ridiculous in her velocity and my tracking of said velocity). This last span of time between 2008’s excellent Red Letter Year and, well… no new album is quite uncharacteristic of her. Based on the amount of new songs in the setlist, I expect a new album is right around the corner. For this recent tour, I got to the venue a little late, as I had to drive in from Portland (I’d been up in Seattle on Mon & Tues for work, and Portland on Wednesday). I couldn’t miss Ani, though. No photos this time around, as cameras weren’t allowed in the venue. I did snap one via my iPhone (below). Opener Anais Mitchell was good. She seemed kind of shy, but also playful. While I don’t think her sound really set herself apart from the many singer-songwriters out there; she just completed a folk-opera, Hadestown, based on the myth of Hades and Eurydice. Ani appears on it, and it’ll be out on Righteous Babe, I’m sure. [pic] Ani and her band came on around 9pm. Her band this time was Andy Barger on drums, Mike Dillon on percussion (who I’ve seen play with Skerik & the Dead Kenny G’s), Todd Sickafoose on contrabass (who I’ve seen many times with Ani). They started out with, as acknowledged by Ani, a very schizophrenic set of songs. Setlist: just shy of 90 minutes Fuel *a fave of the night* Paradigm Manhole Modulation Swan Dive *a fave of the night* Red Letter Year Coming Up November 4 (free live download) “Wedding Song” “Facts Are Pretend” *a fave of the night* Way Tight God’s Country Napoleon Splinter *a fave of the night* Which Side Are You On? (30’s tune by Florence Reese, reworked by Ani – free live download) “If It Was Just Me” Both Hands *a fave of the night* Encore: Little Plastic Castle *a fave of the night* Barroom Girls (Gillian Welch cover with Anais Mitchell and Animal Prufrock) A great show, followed by a drive back up to Portland for work. I think of the new songs, “Splinter” is my favorite – - followed by what I’ll call “Facts Are Pretend” (anyone with an accurate title on that one?). Both of those songs are a bit more poetic than the rest. I had “November 4th” from a free download back last fall, and while I like Obama and was happy on November 4th, the song seems kind of cheesy. Same thing goes for “Which Side Are You On?“ It’s available for free via the link in the setlist above (note: there may be a limited opportunity for the download). While I agree with its premise/lyrics, I think Ani’s done better, more poetic political songs. Oh well, I guess with her output, there’s bound to be some songs I don’t like as much… All in all, a great show. It was good to see her with a band, as usual. Maybe next time, with Mike Dillon’s influence, she’ll bring Skerik along for some horns. :) ~Dan
08:02 AM, Aug 25, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 7/8/2009 | Location: Pittsburgh
Slow down...you do not need to stay on tour forever. Take a break and maybe your arrogance and road crews arrogance and just plain meaness will go away. Your tour manager is just angry. Give everyone a couple months off. Stop treating fans like dirt.
09:05 PM, Jan 20, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 4/16/2008 | Location: Eugene, OR, USA
REVIEW: Ani DiFranco @ McDonald Theatre (Eugene, OR - - 4/16/08) Wow… great show last night from Ani and her compadres… The opener was poet Judy Grahn’s spoken word to beats and such from Animal Prufrock (formerly of & Animal) and guitarist Anne Carol. They played about 35-40 minutes. The songs/poems they played are presumed to be something along the lines of… * Bowls * Emotional Boner * Vampires * Mental * Love Me * The Forest * Bledsung * (unknown) * Walk & Taxi Back (my favorite of their set) Ani DiFranco came around 9pm, played for just over an hour and a half. The background was really cool (but simple). It was a big curtain with different colored lights. McDonald Theatre didn’t seem to pull this out for That1Guy & Buckethead last month… alas, it was nice for Ani’s backdrop. The last few times that I’d seen her, she only had bass accompaniment from Todd Sickafoose (who has not one but two nice jazz recordings). This time, she also had Allison Miller on drums and Mike Dylan (or Dillon) on xylophone (or was it a vibraphone?) and bongos. Set list: * Shy * Half-Assed * Not a Pretty Girl * Swim * Lag Time * Decree * Napoleon * As Is (a favorite of the night) * Subdivision(a favorite of the night) * Here For Now * Swan Dive(a favorite of the night) * Fire Door * Anticipate * The Atom (new song, presumed title) * Alla This / Bankroll (new song, two titles floating around the internets) * In the Way * Shameless(a favorite of the night) * Encore: Gravel * Hypnotized Eight times in eight years… it’s a good annual (or so) tradition to see Ani at work. The new songs seemed familiar; so perhaps she played them last year on tour, too. I look forward to her next album, which is probably “due” in 55 days based on the scientifically syncronized Ani DiFranco album gestation calendar (currently 9.16 months per Ani release, and 6.46 months if the “official bootleg” live albums are brought into the mix)*. *- Go on, tell yourself that I’m making these numbers up. The sad truth. I’m not. FULL REVIEW at: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/review-ani-difranco-mcdonald-theatre-eugene-or-41608/ ~Dan
Guacamole Fund benefit, Riverspace, Nyack, N.Y. Michael Weintrob / michaelweintrob.com
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