This lovely lady up there is none other than Ani DiFranco, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire. She started out playing very folky acoustic music before branching out into quite a few many other genres. Ani's probably most well-known for her album Not A Pretty Girl, which IS quite good... my favorite albums are probably Little Plastic Castle and Evolve, however. Apparently, the latter is a bit of an unpopular opinion-- it's a very jazzy, funky album that must have been a shock to listen to if you were more used to the old-school Ani. But if you like jazzy funky-ness, you'll love Evolve. Nowadays, she's lost me a bit. She's gotten terribly naive in her politics (and she's a rather political musician), and her songwriting's just gone a bit down the tubes. In my opinion, she needs to take a bit of a break until the songwritin' juices start flowing again. Oh well. She's still one of my favorite musicians....But don't just take my word for it-- take a listen yourself! Here are a few tunes which best describe each little sound change Ms. DiFranco has gone through:
Names, Dates, and Times from Puddle Dive
Swan Dive from Little Plastic Castle
Slide from Evolve
Manhole from Knuckle Down
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