Post by jeffoestI got to see Ani in Dallas last night and have a quick review
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Ani DiFranco Live
Tonight I saw Ani DiFranco at the Granada Theater in Dallas
(about 12 blocks from my house). She put on a great show and I
was happy to get there right before she started (9:30) and have
her set end by 11:00. My pet peeve about some of these concerts
at clubs is that the headliner often doesn't get started until
after 11:00 and you end up standing around forever.
Ani's style is singer/songwriter heavily laden in acoustic guitar
riffs. For this show she was accompanied by an acoustic bass
only. Just guitar and bass. It was a great combination. Ani plays
the acoustic guitar very rhythmically with a lot of energy - in
fact I saw at least two string breaks because of her aggressive
style. She peppered the audience with a few monologues of the
current political situation - nothing too outlandish but it was
obvious that she cares about politics and the liberal cause.
She played a lot of songs from her new album (I'm only familiar
with "Studying Stones" from my monthly Salon Magazine download -
but I like it a lot) peppered with some of her older hits. I was
a bit disappointed that she didn't play "32 Flavors" but you
can't have everything. The crowd started out pretty rowdy and I
could tell she would've liked it a bit better if they were
quieter especially for the more laid back songs in her lineup.
But they ended up setting down after 15-20 minutes or so building
up to a great crescendo on her encore - one of my favorites
"Shameless".