THE RIGHTEOUS READER
your sweetened guide to the condensed world of righteous babe records
and its never-saccharine leader, ani difranco
april 2000
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S ANI!
Catch Ani and the band on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, Friday April 21. You
know the time, you know the channel, now get watchin'.
THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN'
Next up in record land is the long-awaited 'TIL WE OUTNUMBER 'EM, a live album
on which the likes of Billy Bragg, Ani D, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie,
Indigo Girls, David Pirner, and Bruce Springsteen play the songs of Woody
Guthrie, with additional spoken passages by Tim Robbins and a whole bunch o'
Woody friends and scholars. Profits benefit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum's educational foundation (the Hall of Fame sponsored the concert, by the
way) and the Woody Guthrie Archives. In stores May 23, 2000; you can start
placing advance orders online in early May.
Around the same time or even sooner, be on the lookout for SWING SET, a
brand-new EP containing the latest swingin' single from Ani's album TO THE
TEETH, plus mucho previously unreleased material: a remix of TTT's title song
and covers of classic tunes of political protest by Woody G (a live "Do Re Me,"
featuring Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and Bo Ramsey), Bob Dylan
("Hurricane"), and Phil Ochs ("When I'm Gone," from the forthcoming film "Steal
This Movie"). We don't have a release date yet, but it'll be real soon,
promise.
Completists out there will also want to track down Ani's one-song cameo singing
and playing guitar on Maceo Parker's new album, DIAL M-A-C-E-O. It's available
on What Are Records?, whose site is located at<www.war.com>.
AND THE SHOWS JUST KEEP ON COMIN', TOO
Uh, we kinda dropped the ball on this one in terms of letting folks know in
time (which actually does keep us up nights, anxiety-ridden), but Ani's
currently in the middle of a month-long west coast tour, in which she and
bandmembers Daren, Jason, and Julie are joined by the horn section of Ani's
dreams: Hans Teuber on alto sax and Shane Endsley on trumpet. Opening the shows
are Hammell on Trial (4/18-20) and Jim White (4/22-5/4).
Remaining venues on THE MORE, THE MERRIER TOUR are as follows.
4/18: Los Angeles, CA: Universal Amphitheater (call 818-622-4440 for ticketinfo)
4/19: San Diego, CA: Open Air Theater (619-220-8497)
4/20: San Luis Obispo, CA: Rec Center at Cal Poly(888-825-5484)
4/22: Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Celebrity Theater [SOLD OUT]
4/25: Albuquerque, NM: Kiva Auditorium (505-884-0999)
4/26: Vail, CO: Dobson Arena (303-830-8497)
4/28: Denver, CO: Paramount Theater [SOLD OUT]
5/01: Colorado Springs, CO: Pikes Peak Center (719-520-9090)
5/03: Kansas City, KS: Uptown Theater (816-931-3330)
5/04: Columbia, MO: Missouri Theater (800-228-7297)
On 5/06, Ani plays New Orleans' Municipal Auditorium, sharing the bill with
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. On 05/07, she'll be appearing at the New
Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival. Pass a good time, cher!
And that's it for now. Til next time, as Woody would say, take it easy, but
take it.
Your pals at
Righteous Babe Records
PO Box 95
Ellicott Station
Buffalo, NY 14205
orders, snail mailing list, address changes, & tour info: 1-800-ON-HER-OWN
international phone: 716-852-7978
business phone: 716/852-8020
fax: 716/852-2741
tour itinerary: http://www.flemtam.com/ad-itin.html