No Walls Mixtape
by Ani DiFranco
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Reflective, carefully curated takes on (in some cases unfortunately) timeless songs. The stripped down style of these recordings lend themselves to Ani's wonderful voice
Favorite track: Not a Pretty Girl.
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Mason Adams
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Tadd Igarashi
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Steve Butler
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Dan Crane
xenoglossy
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Daniele Bersano
Mark Nash
Martin Schwaller
Jesse Koch
Keith Higbee
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Ronnie Robinson
OhrhO
fReE tHe MuSic
Gary Bouch
Keith Humphreys
Deirdre Flaherty
earfdae
Eric Swedlund
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Shaggy Maggot
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Jonny H
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John Paccione
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Lucien Laloutre
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Out of Habit
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Gratitude
03:06
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Every State Line
02:58
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God's Country
02:30
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If He Tries Anything
03:30
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Not a Pretty Girl
03:00
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Dilate
04:43
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As Is
04:27
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Swan Dive
05:38
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Subdivision
03:55
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Grey
05:12
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Imagine That
04:32
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about
So here is my mixtape for you, like the kind that I would make you on cassette if it was, like, 1993 and I was really into you. It’s a flight of Ani songs that I took the liberty of revisiting, solo stylie, twenty… (thirty?!) years later, songs that factor (either literally or figuratively) into my memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream. These songs take the same stumbly trip through my formative years that the book takes — except for To The Teeth. To The Teeth has nothing whatsoever to do with the book; I just wanted to include it.
I took a few liberties with my own lyrics here; in other words, the me that I am now sang these songs in the present, even though they are old songs. I also took some liberties with the chords, mostly because I couldn’t remember the right ones. I pulled out two microphones to record but, weirdly, I didn’t put one on my trusty Gibson and one on my face, I just put them next to each other, somewhere out in front of me. Not sure what possessed me to do that. Further explorations in phase cancellation were apparently necessary. Then I ran my pickup to my beloved magnatone amp in the next room to give my guitar some balls. I left the recordings mostly as straight up performances, but with a few, I took the liberty of adding a few crude orchestrations. I used my old friend the avocado green telephone handset mic to be my own Greek chorus... and an occasional electric guitar or vibraphone. I couldn’t help myself.
The most radical thing for me about these recordings is that I didn’t wear my heavy-duty press-on nails when I made them (the ever-present right-hand suit of armor that I wear on the gig, with the electrical tape and all). That was weirder for me than you think. It’s probably been twenty-five years since I played for anyone but my cat with naked fingers.
I am blessed to have three very special guests join me on this otherwise solitary outing. All are musicians I love, people who make appearances in No Walls and the Recurring Dream in some form or another. They are people who have already given me gifts along my journey and now, here is one more.
I took a few liberties with my own lyrics here; in other words, the me that I am now sang these songs in the present, even though they are old songs. I also took some liberties with the chords, mostly because I couldn’t remember the right ones. I pulled out two microphones to record but, weirdly, I didn’t put one on my trusty Gibson and one on my face, I just put them next to each other, somewhere out in front of me. Not sure what possessed me to do that. Further explorations in phase cancellation were apparently necessary. Then I ran my pickup to my beloved magnatone amp in the next room to give my guitar some balls. I left the recordings mostly as straight up performances, but with a few, I took the liberty of adding a few crude orchestrations. I used my old friend the avocado green telephone handset mic to be my own Greek chorus... and an occasional electric guitar or vibraphone. I couldn’t help myself.
The most radical thing for me about these recordings is that I didn’t wear my heavy-duty press-on nails when I made them (the ever-present right-hand suit of armor that I wear on the gig, with the electrical tape and all). That was weirder for me than you think. It’s probably been twenty-five years since I played for anyone but my cat with naked fingers.
I am blessed to have three very special guests join me on this otherwise solitary outing. All are musicians I love, people who make appearances in No Walls and the Recurring Dream in some form or another. They are people who have already given me gifts along my journey and now, here is one more.
credits
released May 9, 2019
ani - guitar, vocals, vibraphone, orchestron
recorded and mixed by ani
except
amy ray’s voice recorded by ben holst
maceo parker’s saxophone recorded by andrew gilchrist
billy bragg’s voice recorded by rubes harmon
mastered by michael fossenkemper
design by david calderley
cover photos by joseph cultice
all songs by ani difranco
© 2019 righteous babe music / bmi
ani - guitar, vocals, vibraphone, orchestron
recorded and mixed by ani
except
amy ray’s voice recorded by ben holst
maceo parker’s saxophone recorded by andrew gilchrist
billy bragg’s voice recorded by rubes harmon
mastered by michael fossenkemper
design by david calderley
cover photos by joseph cultice
all songs by ani difranco
© 2019 righteous babe music / bmi
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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Jun 22New York (NYC), NY
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Jun 23Vienna, VA
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Sep 19Asbury Park, NJ
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Sep 19Asbury Park, NJ
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