Ani DiFranco

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ani DiFranco
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 23, 1970(1970-09-23)
Age	54
Birthplace	Buffalo
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Virgo

Ani DiFranco Biography

Ani DiFranco is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on September 23, 1970 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Solo artist and co-founder and founder of Righteous Babe Records. She released her debut self-titled album in the year 1990. The acclamation of her folk and alternative rock tracks comprise “Little Plastic Castle,” “Jukebox,” and “Hello Birmingham.”

She sang a cover version of Pink Floyd’s track and She performed a cover of Pink Floyd’s and Roger Waters‘ “Comfortably Numb” for Dar Williams’ album.’ “Comfortably Numb” for Dar Williams Album.

Angela Maria “Ani” DiFranco (/ˈ ɑː n iː / ; born 1970) is an American singer/songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco’s music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe, giving her significant creative freedom.

DiFranco started her own record company, Righteous Babe Records, in 1989 at age 19. She released her self-titled debut album in the winter of 1990, shortly after relocating to New York City. There, she took poetry classes at The New School, where she met poet Sekou Sundiata, who was to become a friend and mentor. She toured steadily for the next 15 years, pausing only to record albums. Appearances at Canadian folk festivals and increasingly larger venues in the U.S. reflected her increasing popularity on the North American folk and roots scene. Throughout the early and mid-1990s DiFranco toured solo and also as a duo with Canadian drummer Andy Stochansky.

She got married to her husband of a few years, Andrew Gilchrist, in 1998. She later got married to Mike Napolitano, with whom she had two kids between 2007 and 2013.

Ani DiFranco Net Worth

Ani DiFranco is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ani DiFranco 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She and her first guitar teacher, Michael Meldrum, played cover versions of songs by The Beatles and other artists.

She was awarded her 2004 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.

DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York, on September 23, 1970, the daughter of Elizabeth (Ross) and Dante Americo DiFranco (died 2004), who had met while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her father was of Italian descent, and her mother was from Montreal. DiFranco started playing Beatles covers at local bars and busking with her guitar teacher, Michael Meldrum, at the age of nine. By 14 she was writing her own songs. She played them at bars and coffee houses throughout her teens. DiFranco graduated from the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts high school at 16 and began attending classes at Buffalo State College. She was living by herself, having moved out of her mother’s apartment after she became an emancipated minor when she was 15.

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Who is Ani DiFranco Dating?

According to our records, Ani DiFranco married to Mike Napolitano , Andrew Gilchrist. As of December 1, 2023, Ani DiFranco’s is not dating anyone.

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DiFranco came out as bisexual in her twenties, and has written songs about love and sex with women and men. She addressed the controversy about her sexuality in the song “In or Out” on the album Imperfectly (1992). In 1998, she married her sound engineer Andrew Gilchrist in a Unitarian Universalist service in Canada. DiFranco and Gilchrist divorced in 2003.

Facts & Trivia

Ani Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ani DiFranco celebrates birthday on September 23 of every year.

In September 1995, DiFranco participated in a concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Ohio, inaugurating the opening of the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City. She later released a CD on Righteous Babe of the concert Til We Outnumber Em featuring artists such as DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Indigo Girls, Dave Pirner, Tim Robbins, and Bruce Springsteen with 100 percent of proceeds going to the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum educational department.

Is Ani DiFranco LGBT?

Personal life. DiFranco came out as bisexual in her twenties , and has written songs about love and sex with women and men. She addressed the controversy about her sexuality in the song “In or Out” on the album Imperfectly (1992).

What is Ani DiFranco's most famous song?

1. “ Fire Door ” From Her First Album, Ani Difranco.

What nationality is Ani DiFranco?

American

What genre is Ani DiFranco?

Pop

Why did Ani DiFranco emancipate herself?

At 15, she was living in Buffalo, N.Y., when her mother decided that she wanted to move to rural Connecticut. DiFranco didn’t want to join her and soon became an emancipated minor. A couple years later, she was residing in New York City, starting Righteous Babe and playing venues around the city and beyond.