Ani's West coast tour travels on, with special guest Anais Mitchell! Up next: Berkeley, CA tomorrow, Paradise, CA on Saturday.

Check out the Synthesis interview
http://chico.synthesis.net/2009/10/the-p..ersonal-is-political

Then head on over to righteousbabe.com for tour dates near you!

Ani is being honored with the prestigious Woody Guthrie Award for being a voice of positive social change, at the 13th Annual Guthrie Awards Dinner on Thursday, October 8th at the Plaza in New York City.  The ceremonies start at 6:30p and include a silent auction, dinner and Award presentations, Ani will also perform a couple of songs.  Tickets are available online at www.hdsa.org/guthrie>, or by calling 800-345-HDSA extension 217.  All proceeds go to the Woody and Marjorie Guthrie Research Fund to help support Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

We here at Righteous Babe Records are looking for a few good fans to promote Ani's fall tour!

Field Rep Application ....

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Please e-mail any response to this message to fieldrep@righteousbabe.com  by 9/27/09.....

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Attention citizens of.......

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Santa Barbara, CA....

Anaheim, CA....

Santa Cruz, CA....

Fresno, CA....

Paradise, CA....

Arcata, CA....

Eugene, OR....

Portland, OR....

Seattle, WA....

Bellingham, WA....

Vancouver, BC....

Victoria, BC....

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Righteous Babe Records needs volunteers for each city listed above to serve as Field Reps for Ani DiFranco’s upcoming tour.....

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Field Reps are mailed a promotional package containing posters and fliers to distribute around the streets and shops of your town.  After you do that and submit a completed field rep report, you’ll receive two tickets to an Ani concert.....

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To be considered, just copy the simple questions below and e-mail your answers to:....

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fieldrep@righteousbabe.com  BY 9/27/09 at the very latest. ....

1.    We MUST have COMPLETE answers to all of these basic questions…....

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a. Your first and last names (as printed on your driver’s license):....

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b. Complete address (street, city, state or province and zip or postal code):....

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c. Daytime phone:....

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d. E-mail address:....

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e. T-shirt size (S, M, L, XL): ....

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2.  Tell us a little about yourself. (For instance: school? work? and so on).....

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3.  Tell us a little about Ani and/or RBR (i.e., why are you willing to devote your time to this crazy volunteer task for some folks you’ve probably never met?).....

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4.  BONUS ROUND: Choose one of the following: crayons, markers, or finger paint.....

Spin.com caught up with Ani in her dressing room at the Mile High Music Festival recently, you can watch the conversation that ensued here.  Get the scoop straight from the Little Folksinger’s mouth about touring with two-and-a-half-year-old Petah, the current state of New Orleans music, being one of the original indie artists and where she sees herself in the future. 

If you missed it, Ani DiFranco and many others joined folk music legend Pete Seeger as he celebrated his 90th birthday this past May with an unforgettable night of music at New York’s Madison Square Garden in support of the environmental organization that he founded more than 40 years earlier: the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, created by Seeger to bring awareness to the importance of protecting the Hudson River and other natural resources.

More than 40 artists, including Ani, fellow RBR artist Toshi Reagon, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, and others performed songs inspired by Seeger’s music and activism. 

Check out Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration from Madison Square Garden, which premieres on PBS’s Great Performances (check pbs.org or your local listings for air times in your market).  A preview and clips are available online here.