Ani DiFranco with Anaïs Mitchell (at Pantages Theatre) at Cedar

From Buffalo, New York

First Twin Cities show since since September 20, 2009 • First Cedar show • Fourth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since September 21, 2007

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From last.fm:

Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco was born on September 23rd, 1970 from parents with Italian and Canadian backgrounds. Both her father, Dante, and her mother, Elisabeth, were architects. She grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. and played her first gigs at the age of nine, playing in local bars in her hometown. She attended the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts. She moved to New York City at 16 and in 1988 she made a demo which has become a highly sought-after fan item. She is now a prolific artist. Read more about Ani DiFranco on Last.fm.

From Marshfield, Vermont

First Twin Cities show since since November 3, 2010

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Anaïs (uh-nay-is) Mitchell (aka Anais Mitchell), is a singer-songwriter from Vermont, USA, who attended Middlebury College. Anaïs' voice is akin to Cyndi Lauper's & song-writing / delivery's inspired by the confessional styling of artists such as Ani DiFranco. In 2002, she released The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell. In 2003, she was a winner of the New Folk Competition, at the Kerrville Folk Festival. In 2004, her second album, Hymns for the Exiled, was released (Waterbug Records). Read more about Anaïs Mitchell on Last.fm.

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