Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down and Reprieve
Knuckle Down features some stellar cuts. For me, each release of Ani’s has eclipsed the one before. Knuckle Down is no exception. In this 2005 release, she makes you believe she’s singing right to you, especially in the final cut, Recoil (sampled below). Seeing Eye Dog is pretty fantastic, Ani-style power blues ballad.
Reprieve, the 2006 followup, she moves from that dark, breathy thing she’s done sometimes for the past couple of years in Nicotine (sampled below) to the timely anger of Millenium Theatre, superbly executed.
Author: listener | Category: Folk, Indie, Music Reviews | June 2007
Definately my favourite two albums from Ani Difranco… if I had to choose one of the two I would probably go for Knuckle Down, but it is a close call and two of my favourite songs are from Reprieve: Hypnotized and Half-Assed