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Stone Gossard, Ani DiFranco Team for Single Benefiting Abortion Rights
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard and beloved indie singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco have teamed for the first time on the single “Disorders,” all proceeds from which will be donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds, which aims to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. [embedded content][embedded content] “What keeps me coming back to playing my guitar is the magic of how musical bits and pieces can transform into a complete song with a life of its own,” Gossard says of “Disorders,” which was crafted in tandem with Pearl Jam producer Josh Evans and the musicians Skerik and Stanton Moore. “The major ingredients are usually an inspired collaboration and some ephemeral fairy dust. What was recorded six years ago as a demo in New Orleans sat for a while until Skeri...
On the Record: Ani DiFranco’s Ani DiFranco
“On the Record” is a new SPIN feature where artists discuss their new, classic or re-released album and share the stories behind it. Artist: Ani DiFranco Album: Ani DiFranco Number of tracks: 13 Label: Righteous Babe Records Release Date: Nov. 1, 1990 Vinyl Reissue Date: July 17, 2021 Ani DiFranco has put out 21 albums—excluding live albums and including this year’s Revolutionary Love—since her self-titled, feminist-Rosetta stone, anthemic debut thudded against the merrily partying boys club of rock ‘n roll in 1990. Ani was the record’s only musician and sang of a different sexual revolution, one that launched her into the cultural collective as one of the most important and one of the most gifted artists in modern music. For the second Record Store Day Drop on July 17, she’s re-releasing ...
Ani DiFranco Shares ‘Revolutionary Love,’ Title Track To Her Upcoming 2021 LP
Ani DiFranco will release an album in early 2021 that she hopes will bring people optimism and hope. Her upcoming LP, Revolutionary Love, follows her 2019 memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream. Many of the songs were written while DiFranco was on her way back home to New Orleans in February. With the global pandemic looming over everyone since then, the album has personal and universal themes meant to inspire. “I felt very strongly that I needed a horse to ride to try to help get out the vote—to get people inspired and get them believing in democracy, believing in each other and in themselves,” DiFranco said I’m a statement. She also released the title track of the new LP, which is a seven-minute melodic message to encourage love and compassion. “It’s about carrying the energ...
