Music - July 31, 2008
Lesbian lyrics are a sure thing
Katy Perry kissed a girl and everyone in radioland knows it.
Tags: Vans Warped Tour, Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl, " Jill Sobule, Ani DiFranco

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 22, 2007
The unbearable queerness of being
To celebrate our birthdays, Tina and I bought tickets for each other to this past Wednesday's Ani DiFranco concert at the Riverside.
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Riverside Theater, Melissa Ferrick, lesbian, homophobic

Music - Sept. 20, 2007
Cradle-rocking Ani DiFranco rocked the Riverside, too
With an 8-month-old baby waiting in the wings, Ani DiFranco played a knock-out show at the Riverside last night.
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Riverside, Righteous Babe Records, Melissa Ferrick, New Orleans, folk, fingerstyle

Music - Oct. 13, 2006
Mom-to-be Ani DiFranco mellows out in Madtown
Last night, Ani DiFranco played in Madison's beautiful Orpheum Theater, and although it was the eighth time I had seen her perform, it was a different version of the little folk singer.
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Julie Wolfe, Orpheum Theater

Music - Nov. 1, 2004
Folk-punk poet Riedl wages love and war on her guitar
Buffalo has Ani DiFranco, but Milwaukee has JoAnn Riedl. Both women channel their political frustration through music, but whereas DiFranco blows through town once a year, Riedl rips it up at local open mics.
Tags: Joann Riedl, Highbury, Ani Difranco, folk, punk, Jefferson