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Ani DiFranco
Which Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe)
Released January 2012
Dave Urbanski

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Style: Alternative folk rock; compare to Shawn Colvin and PJ Harvey

Top tracks: "Life Boat," "Splinter," "Hearse"

An avowed atheist over the course of her acclaimed two-decade career, Ani DiFranco gave birth and found new love in recent years, both of which may have fueled a skeptical God consciousness on her previous album, Red Letter Year. On her latest effort—the inventive, provocative Which Side Are You On?—it's telling that DiFranco's spiritual stirrings are largely vague and noncommittal while her familiar left-wing political ideals are plainly stated with gusto (and a few profanities). Nevertheless, opining that opposition to women's rights comes from "some preacher man's old-time opinion" ("Amendment") might indicate DiFranco isn't joining an altar call any time soon.

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Cory Enderby

January 30, 2012 6:14pm

A few profanities? This kind of thinking is what has allowed the church to become watered down. We have no power. It's hard to tell the difference between a worldly review and this one. If you don't know for sure whether Ani is an obedient believer of Jesus, then why include her? What fellowship does light have with darkness?