Music

LIVING IN CLIP

ani difranco

Ani DiFranco presents twenty classic performances from her legendary concerts in a two-disk box with an accompanying booklet. It's a perfect sampler for newcomers and a banquet for long-time fans. "The next best thing to being at a show. And because you can feel like you're 'there' as many times a day as you want, it might even be better." -Curve.

righteous babe records $24.99 cd

WOMEN LIKE US:

Lesbian Favorites

various artists

This upbeat celebration of women's contribution to music features some of the most talented artists in music today: k.d. lang, Ani DiFranco, Jill Sobule, Taylor Dane, Janis Ian, Ferron, Jane Siberry, Phranc, Sandra Bernhard, Two Nice Girls, Dar Williams, Disappear Fear and many more. A portion of the proceeds will directly benefit the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

rhino records $15.98 cd

SELECTIONS 1976-88

sweet honey in the rock

For nearly 25 years, this world-renowned a cappella group has celebrated the African American legacy of resistance against oppression, invoking the spirits of such luminaries as Fannie Lou Hamer, Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. Featuring 34 tracks drawn from their first seven albums, this double album (with notes by founding member Bernice Johnson Reagon) represents this inspirational band at its spine-tingling best.

flying fish/rounder records 2 cassettes $15.98 / 2 cds $24.98

PUTOMAYO PRESENTS:

Women's Work

The powerful voices of Toni Childs, Ani DiFranco, Catie Curtis and Ferron soar through this collection of well-known musicians and relative newcomers. Women's Work is one of four Putomayo releases that celebrate Women in Music - Women of the World: International, Women of the World: Celtic and Women of the World: Celtic II. Sales benefit GROOTS, an international network of grassroots women's organizations.

putomayo world music $15.98 cd

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