5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Ani DiFranco

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Name  Ani DiFranco

Best known for  Shredding acoustic guitars, running my own label, dressing down.

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Current city  NYC.

Really want to be in  Tuscany. I’d be eating and walking real slow.

Excited about  My Unprecedented Sh!t album [released on May 17].

My current music collection has a lot of  Bonnie Light Horseman, Gregory Alan Isakov, Brittany Howard.

And a little bit of  Leikeli47, Bobby Charles.

Preferred format  Streaming. So I can listen while I’m walking around.

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without:

1

22, A Million, Bon Iver

I love all things Bon Iver, but for some reason this one just really got under my skin.

2

Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk

Before there was Bon Iver, there was Talk Talk. This album has a special place in my heart—and in my past.

3

Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis

And before there was Talk Talk, there was Miles Davis. I love all things Miles, but this one is one I reach for again and again.

4

Solid Air, John Martyn 

Sticking on the theme of incomprehensible singing (Justin Vernon, Mark Hollis), here’s a good one. This album meant everything to me as a teenager, and I can still feel why.

5

Journey in Satchidananda, Alice Coltrane

Alice’s meditative music is one of my go-tos for long nights of not sleeping. This album has an extra special place in my heart because I have played it as the walk-out music at my shows for years. Now when I hear the opening bars of “Journey in Satchidananda,” my life in rock ‘n roll flashes before my eyes.

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