Ani DiFranco shares “The Message” a new track with Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, on Loosegroove Records/Righteous Babe Records. This is the second collaboration from DiFranco and Gossard who previously released "Disorders" in 2022. Sung by DiFranco, the track features Gossard (guitar), Stanton Moore (percussion), Skerik (Saxophone) and Josh Evans (keyboards).
About "The Message" Gossard says, "So fun and amazing to collaborate again with Ani, Josh, Skerik, Mike, and Stanton....what a groove and mood... Ani's vocals are transcendent ...." DiFranco adds, "the mood started with stone’s demo and evolved from there. super fun to team up with some badasses and pull a song out of the air."
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform.