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ANI DIFRANCO - Reprieve
| Jam! |
| Think of it as the calm after the storm. Ani DiFranco's 15th solo studio set Reprieve was begun in New Orleans last year but finished in Buffalo in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. So perhaps it's understandable that the alt-folk singer-songwriter seems to be in a sombre, more reflective musical mood....full text |
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| GlideMagazine |
| For the first time in years, Ani DiFranco recently took some time off, as the touring grind was finally wearing her down. Following a live album (Carnegie Hall 4/6/02) released earlier this year, DiFranco has returned with Reprieve. Never one to back down from a political firestorm, DiFranco was forced to leave New Orleans during Reprieve’s recording due to Hurrican Katrina, while completing it in Buffalo. The result is one of her more cutting, biting and pointed records in years, exemplified on “Millenium Theater”....full text |
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| Popmatters |
| It seems odd that Ani DiFranco’s latest album Reprieve would begin with a gunshot, until you consider just how muffled and distant that gunshot is. Consider it as a violent expression quieted, and it becomes a perfect metaphor for the rest of Reprieve, an album that houses big ideas in humble packages, calls-to-arms, protests, and confused relationships presented in a quiet, laid-back, acoustic setting. As such, it’s one of the few Ani albums for which one may not be able to form an immediate opinion—these are songs that have to gestate, plant their seeds in your mind and let them grow to their full potential over the course of many, many listens....full text |
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