- Bought a church in downtown Buffalo to make as a recording studio.
- Is a committed feminist, and did not her take husband's name in marriage.
- She and Jesse L. Martin (Ally McBeal (1997), Law & Order (1990)) graduated from high school, together.
- Her mother, who is from Montreal, is of Scottish and English ancestry. Her father, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, was the son of Italian immigrants.
- Has played at benefits for convicted cop-murderer Mumia abu-Jamal and the Green Party.
- Her albums 'Not a Pretty Girl' (1995), 'Dilate' (1996), and 'Little Plastic Castles' (1998) were among the more critically lauded releases of the 1990s.
- Ranked #90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Musical influences include John Hassell, Maceo Parker, Greg Brown, Utah Phillips, Gillian Welch, Bruce Springsteen, the Indigo Girls, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie and Miles Davis.
- Gave birth to their daughter, Petah Lucia, weighting 7 lbs, 8 oz, on January 20, 2007.
- Recent releases on her Righteous Babe Records include 'Sara Lee (III)'s "Make it Beautiful" and 'Bitch & Animal''s "Eternally Hard".
- Lists 'Danielle LoPresti''s "Dear Mr. Penis Head" (1999) as one of her favorite recent albums. LoPresti has often been compared to Ms. Difranco.
- Released her 12th studio album, titled 'Evolve' on March 11, 2003. As with all her albums, it was distributed by her own record label, Righteous Babe Records.
- Her first name is pronounced, 'ahn-knee,' not Annie, as in Little Orphan Annie.
- Released her 13th studio album of all-original material, titled "Educated Guess," on January 20, 2004.
- Released her 14th album of all-original material on January 25, 2005. The CD contains 12 songs and is titled "Knuckle Down."
- Gave birth to her second child, a son, in April 2013.
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