Red Letter Year

Infobox Album | Name = Red Letter Year
Type = studio
Artist = Ani DiFranco


Released = September 30, 2008
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Indie rock
Folk rock
Length =
Label = Righteous Babe
Producer = Ani DiFranco, Mike Napolitano
Last album ="Canon"
(2007)
This album ="Red Letter Year"
(2008) |

"Red Letter Year" is the most recent studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released on September 30 2008.

Says DiFranco about the album: “When I listen to my new record, I hear a very relaxed me, which I think has been absent in a lot of my recorded canon. Now I feel like I’m in a really good place. My partner Mike Napolitano co-produced this record – my guitar and voice have never sounded better, and that’s because of him. I’ve got this great band and crew. And my baby, she teaches me how to just be in my skin, to do less and be more.” [ [http://www.shock.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=914] "Shock Records: "Ani DiFranco to Release New Album Red Letters" Retrieved on 08-15-08 ]

Track listing

#"Red Letter Year" - 4:17
#"Alla This" - 3:13
#"Present/Infant" - 3:02
#"Smiling Underneath" - 4:59
#"Way Tight" - 3:50
#"Emancipated Minor" - 4:30
#"Good Luck" - 2:35
#"The Atom" - 5:26
#"Round a Pole" - 2:58
#"Landing Gear" - 2:55
#"Star Matter" - 2:48
#"Red Letter Year Reprise" - 6:26

Personnel

Red Letter Year:
*Ani DiFranco- acoustic and electric guitars, tenor guitar, 12 string guitar, guitar synth, percussion, optigon, wurlitzer, synthesizers, ukuleles, vocals
*Todd Sickafoose- fender bass, piano, wurlitzer, pump organ, bowed basses, synthesizer
*Mike Dillon - marimba, tubular bells, vibraphone, percussion
*Allison Miller - drums, percussion
*Jenny Scheinman – violin on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
*Megan Gould - violin on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
*Jessica Troy - viola on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
*Marika Hughes - cello on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
*CC Adcock- electric guitar on tracks 3, 4
*Richard Comeaux- pedal steel on tracks 3, 5, 10
*Animal Prufrock- piano on track 4, percussion on track 6
*Jeff Klein- vocals on track 6
*Rene Lopez- percussion on track 6
*Jon Hassell- trumpet on track 11
*The Rebirth Brass Band- on tracks 1 and 12
**Phil Frazier - tuba (band leader)
**Shorty Frazier - bass drum
**Derrick Tabb - snare drum
**Derrick Shezbie - trumpet
**Glen Andrews - trumpet
**Stafford Agee - trombone
**Corey Henry - trombone
**Vincent Broussard - saxophone
**Byron (Flee) Bernard - saxophone

Production Credits

Produced by Mike Napolitano and Ani D.
Recorded and mixed by Mike Napolitano at The Dugout, New Orleans, Louisiana and at Dockside, Maurice, Louisiana
Rebirth recorded at Fudge, New Orleans, Louisiana
Strings recorded at Studio G, Brooklyn, New York
Additional engineers:
@ Dockside - David Rashou,Corie Richie
@ Fudge - Jack Miele
@ Studio G - Tony Maimone
Jon Hassell recorded by Jesse Voccia
Rene Lopez recorded by Ken Rich
Additional recording by Ani and Todd Sickafoose

References