FILE - In this May 6, 2012 record photo, Ani DiFranco performs with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band astatine the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival successful New Orleans. DiFranco is the honoree and volition execute astatine the 41st yearly John Lennon tribute performance successful December successful New York. DiFranco shares a thrust toward societal activism with the precocious Beatle, a constituent noted successful a connection from his widow Yoko Ono. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FILE - In this May 6, 2012 record photo, Ani DiFranco performs with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band astatine the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival successful New Orleans. DiFranco is the honoree and volition execute astatine the 41st yearly John Lennon tribute performance successful December successful New York. DiFranco shares a thrust toward societal activism with the precocious Beatle, a constituent noted successful a connection from his widow Yoko Ono. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

NEW YORK – When she was 9 years old, vocalist Ani DiFranco's guitar teacher gave her a Beatles songbook. She present has crushed to consult it again.

A radical that holds a John Lennon payment performance has selected DiFranco for its John Lennon Real Love Award, and she'll execute his euphony astatine the tribute connected Dec. 10 successful New York City.

DiFranco and her teacher, Michael Meldrum, would usage the publication to larn the songs together.

“It's a precise dear, fond representation of mine,” DiFranco said. “It's been a agelong roadworthy since then. It's chill to beryllium wrapping astir afloat ellipse to a John Lennon tribute, to beryllium tasked with learning immoderate John Lennon songs.”

She shares a thrust toward societal activism with Lennon, a constituent his widow, Yoko Ono, made successful a connection announcing the award. Past honorees see Natalie Merchant, Rosanne Cash, Patti Smith and Donovan.

One opus DiFranco has been kicking astir lately — not successful the songbook — is “Woman” from John and Yoko's 1980 medium “Double Fantasy.” She's impressed with his bravery successful penning the unabashed emotion opus astatine a clip galore successful the media were captious of their relationship.

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“I perceive to a opus similar ‘Woman’ and I could outcry from yearning that my antheral would constitute maine specified a song,” she said.

She's besides learned the plaintive Beatles plea “Help” and is unfastened to suggestions for her setlist. The performance volition beryllium held astatine Symphony Space, with tickets connected merchantability Friday. Run by the nonprofit Theatre Within, the amusement benefits a songwriting programme escaped to nationalist schools and workshops for radical with crab and their household members.

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