Kieran Senior

• Published:April 29th, 2008
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As I sit behind a computer all day everyday it’s important to keep a focus on my work without any distractions.  Each individual works differently when sat behind a computer, I know some that prefer silence, and some that keep desktop toys to stop them from going mad (I’m talking of things you get those gadget sites).  My sanity-focus is music, so I tend to listen to a lot.

Recently I got a hold of Ani Difranco’s album "Canon".  I’ve been a fan of Difranco for a couple of years now and I have only ever owned her ever popular Knuckle Down album.  If you don’t know who Ani Difranco is, well, she’s an acoustic folk artist with a passion for singing about unspoken things such as sexuality, homophobia, drugs, money etc.  Her style of music is confusing to say the least with a heavy acoustic style and a passionate voice.

The album itself contains many of her older songs but "revamped" as so to speak with live versions also.  I must say that my favourite song is "Fuel" which is a very rhythmic track containing some extremely absurd, yet true statements.  It almost sounds as if she’s rapping, though it’s more of a rhyme.  I can’t quite put my finger on it.

I definitely recommend this album, and it’s rare that I recommend music.  Perhaps find some previews of tracks somewhere, or jump on Last.fm and try and get a listen on some of it.