Ani Di Franco - Trust

Starring:Ani DiFranco
Studio: Righteous Babe Records
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
If you've never been introduced to the music of Ani DiFranco, let her be the first to say "Hello, and thank you for coming" in this 90 minute live concert DVD of her Washington, DC shows in May, 2004. Joined for the occasional song by noted New York guitarist and sideman Tony Scherr (Bill Frisell, Sex Mob), Ani and upright bassist Todd Sickafoose take you on a musical journey there and back again.

Unlike Ani's 2002 Render release, this DVD is a complete concert experience, shot over two days and seamlessly integrated by Danny Clinch, renowned photographer (Rolling Stone, Spin, The New York Times Magazine) and filmmaker (Ben Harper's "Pleasure and Pain," 2003 Bonnaroo documentary "270 Miles From Graceland." With the help of cinematographers JoJo Pennebaker, Paul Greenhouse, and Elia Lyssy, Clinch captures the experience of these two days from all sides with a visual style as eclectic as Ani's guitar tunings.

This live DVD features four new songs Callous, Manhole, Modulation, and title track, Knuckledown, all from Ani's new studio album scheduled for release in January 2005.

Description

If you've never been introduced to the music of Ani DiFranco, let her be the first to say "Hello, and thank you for coming" in this 90 minute live concert DVD of her Washington, DC shows in May, 2004. Joined for the occasional song by noted New York guitarist and sideman Tony Scherr (Bill Frisell, Sex Mob), Ani and upright bassist Todd Sickafoose take you on a musical journey there and back again.

This live DVD features four new songs Callous, Manhole, Modulation, and title track, Knuckledown, all from Ani's new studio album scheduled for release in January 2005.

Customer Reviews:

disappointed.....again!.......2006-12-09

I'm a really big fan of Ani Dr Franco. She's an awesome musician and obviously a great live performer. So I keep wanting a dvd of her in a live performance. I bought "Render" first and now "Trust" and unfortunately got the same thing both times. I got "ART"...instead of art. Trust (like Render before it) is much less a real performance tape than some kind of self-indulgent excercise by someone (Danny Clinch and Ani I guess) in "filmmaking". Trust might be a little better that Render in this regard..but not much. After one viewing I'm now like the other reviewer of Trust who just listens to the music playing without watching. It's too frustrating to watch because what I really want to see is Ani Di Franco singing and playing the guitar...not politics...not "ART"...and not "CINEMA". Ani, Please try again and just PLAY!

Not the best..........2005-10-12

I am a die hard Ani fan, the woman is like a light to my life and I learn so much from her music... I often watch the DVD and feel connected to her, but I want more of a connection. I find that music DVD's often provide a way for the fan to connect on a new level with the artist, hear them speak or see what they look like when they wake up, etc. So, it was nice to see the background of an Ani concert... but I have to say I've seen better concerts. In the end, it was worth it and I love this woman, but it could have been done better.

If you like Ani.....................2005-09-25

Then this is the disk for you. The 5.1 surround makes it worth the purchace if you have the setup. The disk is a nice fabric woven from animated shorts, live conert footage, and backstage rehersals. Very well done, and a must have if you love Ani.

A Goddess stripped to bare beauty with a fantastic bassist.......2005-07-26

I went to graduate school in Rochester, N.Y. (a neighbor 80 miles to the east of Ani's home city of Buffalo) in 1994 and majored in music performance. Rochester was already very plugged in to this independent poetic princess and her passionate, percussive guitar playing. I was handed a copy of "Puddle Dive" from a neighbor weeks after arriving and "TRUST" me, I have ALL of her stuff. I became a fan right way and I am a true Ani fanatic. This DVD is absolutey wonderful. I highly recommend it!As well as a treat for the eyes, this DVD is a treat for the ears. It is a fantastic playlist, the staging/instrumental simplicity and the creative filming is what makes it so incredibly beautiful to me. The addition of the bassist Todd Sickefoose added greatly to the richness and energy of this performance also. Listening to Ani reaches me in many ways, but seeing her perform like this (which I prefer) touches me in ways that seeing her with my ears can never reach.

The Real McCoy ..........2005-03-26

I didn't start out an Ani DiFranco fan. I'm a middle-aged, fat, heterosexual man living in Chicago for 25 years - not exactly the type to fit her typical fan profile. But I picked up one of her CDs some time ago, out of curiosity, and I really liked it, so I picked up a couple more. Then I bought her DVD "Render" and the more I learned about her music, the better I liked it and the more I came to respect her as an artist.

And I do mean 'artist' - not just a musician or performer. She's the real McCoy. In fact, I think she's one of the best American artists living and working, today. And I highly recommend this DVD "Trust". It's pretty much a concert documentary and reflects her current show as she is performing it around the country. I know, because I went to see her at the Vic in Chicago just last month. It's an excellent show and the reason for it is that she's stripped it down to it's essentials. No drums, no keyboards, no horns, - most of the performance is just her and her acoustic bass player, Todd Sickafoose. I really like this DVD because I get to see her for what she is, and to me that means as an artist who writes words and music and performs them for an audience. It's entertaining, but it's not just entertainment. It's art. It's one person opening herself up, sharing and articulating her thoughts and experiences with her audience because she knows that they think and feel many of those same things, and that they appreciate having someone express them with such skill, and courage, and honesty, and insight.

Check out Ani DiFranco, and this DVD "Trust". Even if you don't think of yourself as someone who would like Ani DiFranco, you might be very surprised. She's the real thing.

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