AKA Angela Marie DiFranco. September 23, Michael Napolitano (January 2009 - present) . F/T YR + excellent benefit package! What is that about? many times before I realized that the simple answer is Mike, my partner, she says, referring to sound engineer Mike Napolitano, who coproduced the new disc with DiFranco. Im really happy. Widely recognized as a feminist icon, DiFranco has already sold more than 20 albums worldwide. Daughter Petah Lucia, 9 1/2-months, . After gaining the necessary popularity, she started touring extensively throughout the United States as well as Canada which went on for the next 15 years. I feel that a lot of the inner peace that Im enjoying and bringing to my work these days has to do with my husband coming into my life. The couple was blessed with their second child, a baby boy named Dante DiFranco Napolitano on April 6, 2013. Also, the oil spill song is in its final stage of completion. A few months ago, DiFranco furiously began writing a series of new songs covering a number of government-centered issues. Which is as it should be.But even so, if you dont fit somebodys perception of you, and that makes somebody want to get off your boat, thats just fine. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, political cum social activist, poet, and musician Angela Marie DiFranco was born on September 23, 1970, to Dante Americo DiFranco, a research engineer, and Elizabeth, an architect, in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. Im sorry, I just had to finish brushing my daughters hair, or else I would never get to do it again. When: 7 p.m. Sunday. Sure, shell be sharing the stage with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie, Ben Harper and Emmylou Harris, but its the idea of celebrating the life of Seeger that has her excited. Ani, 37, added that she hopes her artistic legacy will provide Petah "encouragement to be herself.". Her songs have historically painted colorful and poetic pictures of the issues. And then somebody [else] gets on, or not, or the boat gets lighter, or whatever. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Upon her graduation from the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts high school at the age of 16, she enrolled herself at the Buffalo State College for further studies. She married the child's father, Mike Napolitano, also her regular producer, in 2009. 1970, Activist, Folk Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Buffalo, New York, United states of America. Why put Canon out at this juncture, after so much recorded work?Yeah, well, like you said, theres so much at this point. Until now. Shes sold over 4 million albums, played Carnegie Hall and collaborated with everyone from Utah Phillips to Prince. All donations made in 2023 will go directly toward this project. So, a while ago I forfeited trying to please everybody all the time.. She also started giving street performances (busking) along with her guitar teacher Michael Meldrum around the same time. Her newfound happiness as a mother paired with a strong relationship with her partner and co-producer Mike Napolitano has elicited a notably relaxed and untroubled DiFranco. Her poem Self Evident appeared in the book It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America After September 11. Heres what she has to say about both these new arrivals. Im playing (Nov. And I really love that, she said. Pay starting at $23/hr. If youre a public person, theres always going to be people saying, You should be more like you were two years ago no, five years ago, no, five years from now There are always people who want you to stagnate in one place or other that serves them or is appealing to them. So I think shell be a good traveler throughout her life. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. DiFranco became a mother for the first time on January 20, 2007, when she gave birth to her son Petah Lucia DiFranco Napolitano. When the oil started spilling in the gulf, I found myself with a new swamp full of things to write about and think about. Thats right. [Petah starts crying, almost as if on cue.] BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- American indie rock singer Ani DiFranco and her boyfriend, music engineer and producer Mike Napolitano, are the proud parents of a baby daughter. January 23, 2007. also her regular producer, in 2009. Petah Lucia, DiFranco and her partner Mike Napolitanos daughter, was born in January 2008. For position and application details: Phone: (970) 453-3450, This position requires a mature, positive, punctual, self-motivated person who is detail oriented, organized, good at problem solving, has good, Wanted for the 5th Judicial District, Summit County Justice Center. She married the child's father Mike Napolitano, also her regular producer, in 2009. Put the baby down for a nap and write a song, you know? 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Do not confuse with Michael Napolitano. Alternative suggestions: Petra and Petal. Daughter Petah Lucia, 9 1/2-months, has "slowed me down, and I mean that in the best way," Ani says. Petah, who is now five years old, was on the road with DiFranco till she was about three-and-a-half. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. She has written about being escorted through the doors of a clinic by a man in a bulletproof vest and outlined the irony of a doctor being shot by a militant anti-abortionist (a bullet ensuring the right to life whizzed past his kid and his wife and knocked his glasses right off of his face) but has never actually uttered the word abortion in a song. She and her husband currently reside in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. Or getting married.Oh sure, yeah, that. Embed Save PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. Where: House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Contact Tim at TimV@vabhoa.com. From the second half of the 1990s, DiFranco started recording musical albums of other artists including the solo album titled Make it Beautiful by Sara Lee, the bassist of their touring group. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. She wrote her own song by the age of 14. She married the child's father Mike Napolitano,Dowd, Kathy Ehrich. I just dont have the mental space. Thats part of the way I can serve artists and the planet that I live on. Full-time year round with benefits & parking. My audience was really overwhelmingly supportive. She accompanies her mother almost constantly, which means she abides more to the rock n roll clock than Mother Gooses. DiFranco tells me that she took time off before delivering her first born, Petah Lucia, and that worked out quite well. Petah Lucia DiFranco Napolitano, Dante DiFranco Napolitano, 32 Flavors, Both Hands, Untouchable Face, Dublin 8, Ireland, London, United Kingdom: . Among those songs are the delicate ballad Albacore, which was played at her wedding a few months ago, as well as a political tune with a sunny little groove called Splinter. Then theres Nov. Things like co-defying womens rights once and for all will take that weapon away from the rich conservative forces that are using it against us. "It was a long delivery, but mom and baby are both doing very well," says a rep for DiFranco's label,. Petah Lucia DiFranco Napolitano, who . Ani DiFranco is a 51 year old American Musician. Published on October 1, 2008 10:30 AM As she celebrates the launch of her 20th album Red Letter Year, in stores now Ani DiFranco says that it's 20-month-old Petah Lucia, her daughter with. Thats what my music has always communicated to be more of yourself. Even DiFrancos admirers will admit that the diminutive musician has at times sounded shrill, but no more. A fresh take on sports: the biggest news and most entertaining lists. Michael Napolitano and Ani DiFranco have been married for 13 years. Ive written 400 verses, Ive crossed out 85 of them, then I write 200 more. Theres nothing like the grounding of really good love.. Part time or full time. Almost two decades later, DiFranco remains importantnot only because of her music but because she has continued to do things successfully on her own terms. In July 2005, DiFranco developed tendinitis and took a nine-month hiatus from touring. What an equationdress equals weakness and passivity and obedience. I think that propelled me in this new song cycle. . And also I guess the literal part of why now would be, you know, I had this baby. Mike Napolitano (music producer, one daughter) Daughter: Petah Lucia (b. Petah Lucia was born at the couple's Buffalo, N.Y., home and weighed in at 7 lbs., 8 oz. Thats why I use the term. For nearly 20 years, singer-songwriter DiFranco has been setting the bar high with her unique rock-meets-folk-meets-hip-hop blend, which was further expanded on her most recent album, 2008s Red Letter Year. A follow-up to 2006s Reprieve, the new album marks the second release in a row where the fiercely independent DiFranco loosened the reins to let Mike Napolitano co-produce. But its a catch-22 because some people have accused you of selling out when you released albums that were slightly more polished than the first few.Sure. While most are her own, she has also collaborated with Utah Phillips on two albums. Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference. For DiFranco, an outspoken critic of the previous White House administration and, again, a folk-singer at heart, that election was something she wont soon forget. 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