Ani DiFranco News

All great pop songs are written about love - either its loss or its beginning. And after breaking onto the scene in 2019 with a handful of singles, Cassidy King has returned with a new pop gem, “Wasted,” of which she notes, “‘Wasted’ speaks on the difficulty of knowing when it’s safe to fall and being able to fully trust in that commitment when you can’t see what they see in you.

Like the rest of Broadway, performances of the eight-time Tony-winning Hadestown are paused, but fans still have something to look forward to in 2020. Plume will release musical creator Anaïs Mitchell's 'Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown' on October 6

The Resistance Revival Chorus have released a video for their powerful recording of 'Ella's Song' in honor of Juneteenth and celebrating Ella Baker.

Tennessee-born, Minneapolis-based artist Chastity Brown is releasing her new single, 'Golden,' today in honor of Juneteenth.

QChamberStream.com, the new premiere platform for high-quality livestreamed concerts founded by Tanja Dorn's Dorn Music and producer Bernhard Fleischer's BFMI in April 2020, announces its next US-based performance featuring LA-based Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 8pm CET. The concert (with no live audience) will be broadcast live from Gravity Media's Van Nuys Production Center in Los Angeles, with Paul Fenkart of BFMI USA directing.

Kris Kelly has shared the song and video for his newest single 'More', which premiered last Friday on HuffPost. Director Kris Moyes is well known for his innovative music videos for artists such as Sia, Beck, Grizzly Bear, The Presets, and others.

Anaïs Mitchell, Tony-winning creator of Hadestown, and her husband, Noah Hahn, have announced the birth of their second child, Rosetta! Mitchell shared the exciting news via Instagram.

Artist Relief Tree (ART), an online fundraiser supporting artists affected financially by COVID-19, announced today that it is beginning a second phase of fundraising toward US$1,000,000. Funds will be used to support artists of any discipline with a one-time 'solidarity' donation of US$250.

Today Rachael Sage has shared Character, her latest full album under her own label, MPress Records, and premiered by M Music and Musician Magazine. The emotional, timely, and timeless project from the multi-instrumentalist and producer came together as Sage was overcoming cancer and was pushed to ask herself, “what comprises character?”.

Joe's Pub bids farewell to February and welcomes March with the third in a five-part concert series exploring Shakespeare's women, black female ambition, and music, Whitney White: Think, And Die; Joe's Pub Working Group 2020 member Salty Brine continues their dazzling exploration of pop music with Living Record Collection - THESE ARE THE CONTENTS OF MY HEAD: The Annie Lennox Show

The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), announces its Winter/Spring 2020 schedule of Hallways -- the Hall's official podcast -- airing weekly beginning in February. The series includes in depth, personal interviews with Folk, Americana, and Roots artists like Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, Tom Rush, Keb' Mo', Milk Carton Kids and The Mammals.

Joe's Pub ends this week on a more chill note with Gary Lucas; Justin Vivian Bond's new show inspired by a Marianne Faithfull song; charismatic performer Susan Werner; country stars Bobby Pinson and RaeLynn as part of the Bob DiPiero Songwriters Series; and swinging, electrifying music, featuring Bernard Purdie along with entertaining stories retold by David Haney. Next week, the volume cranks up with Ryan Raftery's latest hilarious satire IVANKA 2020; the annual celebration of the intersection art and mental health Love is EleMental; Joe's Pub Working Group 2020 member Salty Brine continues their dazzling exploration of pop music with Living Record Collection - THESE ARE THE CONTENTS OF MY HEAD: The Annie Lennox Show; the third in a five-part concert series exploring Shakespeare's women, black female ambition, and music, Whitney White: Think, And Die; the Joe's Pub performance of the tour of MICHA Música In Transit; a concert from multi-award-winning platinum-selling musician Sarah Harmer with opener Chris Pureka; the fascinating coming of age story of a young woman growing up in New York City with Kelli Sae: Disco, Dicks And Dykes!; and BlackIssuesISSUES, an event that is as much a serenade and celebration of Blackness as it is an indictment of a system and society that is so toxic, it renders Blackness a burden.

Center Theatre Group has announced its 54th season at the Ahmanson Theatre, which features Hadestown, Dear Evan Hansen, The Prom, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more!

Singer-songwriter-activist MILCK, has unveiled a moving and poignant companion video for her inspirational new single “If I Ruled The World.” This marks the first video in a quintet of avant-garde expressive visuals that show the transformative story of her forthcoming EP Into Gold. The beautiful visual premiered today on LADGYGUNN –

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Ryan O'Connor & Friends in 'Eat. Pray. Vote.' on Monday, March 9 at 9:30 PM. O'Connor, star of The Oprah Winfrey Network, 'Big Little Lies,' Home Street Home, Scissorhands and more, makes his debut at the club with the New York premiere of this critically acclaimed show.

Resistance Revival Chorus has revealed details of their debut album, This Joy to be released on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe Records. The Chorus is a collective of more than 60 women, and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women's voices. Members are touring musicians, film and television actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, professions, creative backgrounds, and activist causes. The album features original compositions along with protest classics and was recorded in New York City with GRAMMY-nominated producer Tiffany Gouché. The album is 100% created by women and non-binary artists. Righteous Babe's Ani DiFranco says of the Chorus: “The RRC is like an antidote to silence and submission. In this age of division and hopelessness, let us listen to their collective voice and get lifted. Let us remember who we really are.”

The United Palace - one of five famed 'Loews Wonder Theatres' - is approaching their 90 year mark and there's no better time to officially introduce New Yorkers to the newly renovated and reimagined theater in the culturally rich neighborhood of Washington Heights, New York.

On March 13th, Saustex Records will release the 20th anniversary edition of Hamell On Trial's live album 'Ed's Not Dead ---- Hamell Comes Alive!' on digital and hyper-limited vinyl format.

off the WALL productions is announcing the regional premiere of The Women Who Rode Away part of the Carnegie Stage Performance Series. 

The February lineup of acts performing at City Winery Chicago (1200 W. Randolph St) has been announced. See full details below!