JazzFest
Performance May 3
MEMOIR NO
WALLS AND THE RECURRING DREAM OUT MAY 7
"NO
WALLS" Mixtape Out May 9
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As singer/songwriter/feminist/activist gears up to release her
memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream on May
7, she is also announcing her summer run of tour dates. She kicks off
her run on May 3 at JazzFest in New Orleans before a block of book events,
then returns to performing May 31 in Houston. For tickets, go to her website.
In addition, at the shows DiFranco is offering a "No Walls"
Mixtape, her current take on the songs related to the memoir. The
"No Walls" Mixtape will also be available digitally on May 9.
DiFranco addresses this to her fans. "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."
In her memoir, DiFranco recounts her early life from a
place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music,
feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship,
and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, honest, passionate,
and often funny pages is the tale of one woman's eventful and radical journey
to the age of thirty. Ani's coming of age story is defined by her ethos of
fierce independence--from being an emancipated minor sleeping in a Buffalo
bus station, to unwaveringly building a career through appearances at small
clubs and festivals, to releasing her first album at the age of 18, to
consciously rejecting the mainstream recording industry and creating her own
label, Righteous Babe Records. In these pages, as in life, she never
hesitates to challenge established rules and expectations, maintaining a
level of artistic integrity that has impressed many and antagonized more than
a few. Ani continues to be a major touring and recording artist as well as a
celebrated activist and feminist, standing as living proof that you can
overcome all personal and societal obstacles to be who you are and to follow
your dreams. Tour dates and book events are listed below.
May
3 - New Orleans, LA - JazzFest
May
7 - New York, NY - Tishman Auditorium w/ Cecile Richards*
May
8 - Boston, MA - Coolidge Corner Theatre w/ Robin Young*
May
9 - Washington, DC - Sixth & I Synagogue w/ moderator TBA*
May
10 - Chicago, IL - Wilson Abbey w/ Jessica Hopper*
May
13 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre w/ moderator TBA*
May
14 - Berkeley, CA - First Congregational Church of Berkeley w/ moderator TBA*
May
15 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall w/ Cari Luna*
May
16 - Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Presbyterian Church w/ Valarie Kaur*
May
17 - Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church w/ Rachel Rascoe*
May
19 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Bound Literary Festival w/ Rhiannon Giddens*
May
22 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans JCC w/ Gwen Thompkins*
May
31 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall^
June
1 - Tulsa, OK - Williams Theater @ Tulsa Performing Arts Center^
June
2 - Wichita, KS - The Wave^
June
4 - Columbia, MO - Rose Park^
June
5 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater^
June
6 - Davenport, IA - Codfish Hollow Barn^
June
9 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Theatre^
June
10 - Duluth, MN - NorShor Theatre^
June
12 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue^
June
13 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Cain Park w/ special guest Lucy Wainwright Roche
June
15 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - The Great Hudson River Revival
June
16 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios
August
1 - Anchorage, AK - Barnes & Noble w/ moderator TBA*
August
2 - Ninilchik, AK - Salmonfest
August
4 - Kaslo, BC - Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer Music Festival
August
10 - Edmonton, AB - The Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August
16 - Lyons, CO - Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
*book
tour event
^with
special guest Diane Patterson
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