PHOTO: DANNY CLINCH | I recently sat down with Ani DiFranco to talk about her new book, The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music, and Freedom, out March 3, 2026 on Akashic Books. Written with Lauren Coyle Rosen, it’s a series of conversations tracing DiFranco’s creative process, spiritual life, and decades of work as an artist and activist.
Our conversation covers all of it and what it means to make art from a place of deep spiritual grounding. If you want to catch her live, she’s on the road this spring and summer for the Spirit of Love tour, kicking off April 22 in Jackson, MS and running through August. You can also find her at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 24, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 1, and a New York-area stop at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on May 10.
Radar features discussions with artists and industry leaders who are creators and devotees of music and is produced by Dylan Hundley and The Vinyl District. Dylan Hundley is an artist and performer, and the co-creator and lead singer of Lulu Lewis and all things at Darling Black. She co-curates and hosts Salon Lulu which is a New York based multidisciplinary performance series. She is also a cast member of the iconic New York film Metropolitan.
