Tweet I just saw this video of Ani DiFranco talking with Mindful Mama Magazine. They have a great contest going on for moms to win a trip to see Ani in NYC, with a spa package and babysitting included. Feed and email readers may need to come to the blog to see the video What […]

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Tweet I’ve been hearing about Anaïs Mitchell’s folk opera Hadestown in bits and pieces for quite a while now – starting from the last time she came to Cafe Paradiso and then in subsequent email and website updates. Folk music, theatre AND a reworked myth (Orpheus) all in one? Sounds like my kind of heaven, […]

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Tweet When I went to the Ani DiFranco concert on her Handful of Dates Tour in Iowa City last month, I was completely BLOWN AWAY! I know, I know – as a female folkie I’m supposed to have Ani’s entire collection already or something, but I think I just wasn’t ready till now to really […]

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Tweet Quick post to give you some happy news for today – despite the crazy stuff that can happen in this world, musicians out there are creating new and beautiful songs all the time. There are plenty of great new albums that were released today, but here’s three that I’m interested in particular: 1) Ingrid […]

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Tweet Just a quick heads up – Ani’s team on MySpace is giving away an autographed poster. All you have to do to enter the drawing is send a MySpace message on August 4th. Details from the MySpace bulletin: “This is just a reminder to everyone that this Saturday, August 4, (TOMORROW) you have from […]

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