Since Ani DiFranco began her career in the early ’80s, her distinct playing style – comprising percussive strumming and subtle picking – has won the hearts of acoustic guitar aficionados. In a recent interview, she peeled back the layers of what led to her developing this technique, and revealed that it was born out of necessity.
“I developed my playing style from being in bars and public spaces from the time I was a teenager, playing solo,” DiFranco admits in the latest issue of Guitarist.
