Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco

Country of origin:

U.S.

Type of music generally:

American traditional/contemporary folk

Status:

Final duo album, Fellow Workers (1999). Utah Phillips died in May 2008.

See also:

A Utah Phillips page

Righteous Babe Record's Utah Phillips page

Wikipedia's entry on Utah Phillips

Ani Difranco's site

Wikipedia's entry on Ani Difranco

The Ectophiles' Guide entry for Ani DiFranco

Comparisons:

Woody Guthrie

Covers/own material:

Own

General comments:

Utah Phillips has a solo career as a very American folksinger in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, and Ani DiFranco has one as a highly individual punk/folk singer. They made this album together on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label.

Recommended first album:

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

Recordings:

• The Past Didn't Go Anywhere (1996)
• Fellow Workers (1999)

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

Release info:

1996—Righteous Babe Records—RBR009-D

Availability:

Available at hipper stores and from Righteous Babe

Ecto priority:

For lovers of traditional American folk. Note: not necessarily for fans of Ani DiFranco's work

Group members:

Utah Phillips
Ani DiFranco

Comments:

All I can say about the Ani/Utah Phillips CD is that I got rid of my copy quite soon after I purchased it. I know that I didn't give it enough time, but on first listen it seemed to be nearly all Utah's singing...maybe Ani's music, but definitely *not* enough Ani for me to keep it. (Riphug@aol.com)

Thanks to Neal Copperman for work on this entry.