THE RIGHTEOUS READER
your new-year guide to the old-school world of ani difranco brought to you by the warrior princesses of
righteous babe records the really big january 19, 1998 issue
REALLY BIG NEWS #1
Ani has been nominated for a Grammy in the "Female Rock Performance" category for the version of "Shy"
on LIVING IN CLIP. Fellow nominees are Fiona Apple, Meredith Brooks, Abra Moore, and a promising
newcomer named Patti Smith. The ceremony airs February 25, so stock up on the French Onion dip for
your
Grammy-watching party NOW.
REALLY BIG NEWS #2
After the Grammies, leave your teevee on for another month so you don't miss the big event: Friday, March
27, 1998. DiFranco does Letterman. Ani, Dave; Dave, Ani. Television will never be the same.
STILL-GETTING-BIG NEWS
Those end-of-the-year polls and best-of lists are still pouring in, but so far we've spotted Ani and "Clip" in
year-end wrap-ups from Rolling Stone, Out, The Chicago Tribune, the Billboard Critics' Poll, FMQB, The
Berkshire [MA] Eagle, and The [Cumberland Gap, TN] Daily News. And online: Belle's Underground
Market, SFgate, and Outvoice. In the same vein but different, look for Ani in the 1997 Current Biography
Yearbook and the Current Biography CD-ROM, 1940-present. 'Course we fully expect to have lots more
best-ofs to report next time...
SLIGHTLY LESS BIG NEWS, UNLESS YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF CANADIAN FILM
Look for Ani's song "The Million You Never Made" (same version as on "Not a Pretty Girl," fans) on the
soundtrack album to the new Canadian film "The Hanging Garden," written and directed by Thom
Fitzgerald. The album's out on Virgin Music Canada, and also includes tracks by the likes of Ashley
MacIsaac, Mae Moore, Jane Siberry, Holly Cole, and Meryn Cadell with Mary Margaret O'Hara.
MEDIUM-SIZED NEWS
This is medium-sized only because it's not exactly new: check out the "Virtual Venue" archives at
http://www.jamtv.com for an online interview and concert.
INCREDIBLY SMALL NEWS
Regular readers know that we enjoy tracking Ani's presence in crossword puzzles around the world, and
here's Number Four: "Folksinger DiFranco" is 27 Across in the June 8, 1997 San Francisco Examiner
Magazine puzzle, conveniently intersecting with 1 Down, "Easily bent." SOON-TO-BE-BIG TOUR NEWS
Our boss is at position #100 on Pollstar's Top 100 Tours of 1997. And what will the NEW year bring?
Well, the spring itinerary is still being put together as I type, but here are the current confirmed bookings:
2/21: London *
2/24: Barcelona *
3/7-14: Australian tour *
3/19-22: Japanese tour *
4/3: Durham, NH *
4/6: Providence, RI *
4/8: State College, PA *
4/9: Ithaca, NY *
4/10: Albany *
4/15: Notre Dame, IN *
4/18: Milwaukee, WI
More US dates in April will be named SOON.
Okay, folks, that's all for now. You know where to find us, and we know how to
find you.
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