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Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco drops a new album this month, and backs the set with a tour that kicks off in early February.
Titled Knuckle Down, the new album lands in stores on January 25. Soon after, DiFranco launches a month-long winter U.S. outing, followed by a three-week trek through Europe. She then returns to North America for a spring outing that begins in mid-April. Details are shown below.
DiFranco has tapped Andrew Bird to open all of her winter U.S. shows, and Hamel on Trial for all of the currently confirmed spring stops. Both artists are signed to her self-founded Righteous Babe Records label.
Knuckle Down is the follow-up to 2004's Grammy-nominated Educated Guess, which is vying for this year's awards in the "Best Contemporary Folk Album" and "Best Recording Package" categories. The 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on February 13.
DiFranco--a renowned do-it-yourselfer--wrote, sang, played, recorded and mixed every song on Educated Guess, and was also the designer, photographer and "sharpie-and-white-out artist" for the album's packaging, according to Righteous Babe's website.
On Knuckle Down, DiFranco takes a different tack, sharing production duties with guitarist/songwriter Joe Henry and enlisting several guest musicians.
Tour Itinerary
February 2005
03 | Dallas, TX | Granada Theater
04 | Houston, TX | Verizon Wireless Theater
05 | Austin, TX | Austin Music Hall
07 | Tulsa, OK | Cain's Ballroom
10 | Tucson, AZ | Centennial Hall
12 | Los Angeles, CA | The Wiltern Theatre
13 | San Diego, CA | Copley Symphony Hall
14 | Santa Barbara, CA | Arlington Theatre
15 | Los Angeles, CA | The Wiltern Theatre
17 | Santa Rosa, CA | Luther Burbank Center
18 | San Francisco, CA | The Warfield
19 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore
22 | Lincoln, NE | Rococo Theatre
23 | Lawrence, KS | Liberty Hall
24 | Columbia, MO | Blue Note
26 | Chicago, IL | Auditorium Theatre
28 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre
March 2005
02 | Lakewood, OH | Lakewood Civic Auditorium
April 2005
18 | Toronto, Ontario | Hummingbird Centre
19 | Binghamton, NY | Forum Theatre
21 | Wilmington, NC | Thalian Hall
22 | North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Performing Arts Center
23 | Greensboro, NC | Carolina Theatre
25, 26 | Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre
27 | New Brunswick, NJ | State Theatre
29 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre
30 | South Hadley, MA | Chapin Theatre
May 2005
1 | Buffalo, NY | Shea's Performing Arts Center
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