Ani DiFranco in Schenectady

Ani DiFranco is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Buffalo in 1970. She established an independent career through her own Righteous Babe Records, writing folk and alternative rock shaped by percussive acoustic guitar and politically direct lyrics. Her best-known work includes “32 Flavors,” “Untouchable Face” and the albums Not a Pretty Girl, Dilate and Little Plastic Castle. The 1997 double album Living in Clip drew on performances recorded during her 1995 and 1996 touring, documenting the guitar-led concerts at the center of her live work. A 2002 concert at Carnegie Hall was later issued as an official live album. In 2024, she made her Broadway debut as Persephone in Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre.