Returning home to New Orleans from a West Coast tour in February of 2020, with a new batch of songs written on the road, Di Franco found herself without a path to recording those songs and lost in the creative abyss of the collective need for social isolation. But after what seems like unforgivable damage, then where do you go? You can’t kick each other off the planet, you can’t change the past, so what then?”Īs the 22nd studio album in an iconic career- a musical career which forged one degree of separation between Pete Seeger and Prince and the accompanying career of founding her own precedent-setting label, Righteous Babe Records-Revolutionary Love began taking shape in the final weeks before the Covid 19 pandemic came to change the plans of everyone everywhere. “As I started to come out of years of dealing with marriage problems, I saw my entire country in the same situation the complete breakdown of communication and loss of empathy and connection. “My songs have always reflected an acute connection between my personal life and the life of my society,” says the trailblazing musician and activist. The transcendent new album from Ani Di Franco, Revolutionary Love marks the latest proof of one of her most powerful gifts as an artist: a rare ability to give voice to our deepest frustrations and tensions, on both a personal and political level.
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The Vandoliers ĭownton Abbey: A New Era (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Somewhere Between The Secret And The Truth ĭay-Glo (Based On A True Story) ĭeceivers ĭeathrattle Sing For Me Undoubtedly, with this record as our induction, we are all in for an epic ride.Check Your Head: 30th Anniversary Phil's mission is far from complete, but for the first time in his life, it seems to be clear where he's headed. Southland Mission is certain to compel you to stomp your feet, pump your fist, and sway and spin with reckless abandon. The compositions are Phil's testament to truth in music, integrity in creativity and reverence for those who paved the way for these sounds to fall on our ears. The lyrics tell stories of loss, layered with sentiments of self-doubt and intermittent promises of change. Things tend to come into focus after a long journey, and this record is no exception.
Each track is a palpable glance back at the heritage of a our shared musical culture, subtly encouraging what will be a vital shift in keeping true artistry alive. Placing focus on the way the tracks make them feel in lieu of searching for superfluous descriptors and categories. Instead, as a collection, they call on listeners to witness and immerse themselves in their own journey. The songs have no prerequisite, no pretension. Southland Mission is a soundtrack of shared experiences and Phil's purity in leadership is self-evident from the moment the needle hits the record. It is only recently that Phil Cook's story has turned from one of a departure, to that of an arrival.