Artist
Anais Mitchell

Anaïs Mitchell is first and foremost a storyteller. As a Vermont- and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, Mitchell recorded for Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records for several years before starting her own Wilderland label in 2012. Among her recorded work are four full-length albums, including 2010′s sensationally-reviewed Hadestown– a folk opera based on the Orpheus myth– and 2012′s Young Man in America, which was described by the UK’s Independe ... nt as ‘an epic tale of American becoming’. Mitchell has headlined solo and band performances worldwide as well as supporting tours for artists like Bon Iver, Ani Difranco, and the Low Anthem (all of whom appear as guest singers on Hadestown). At the moment, she’s touring with friend and collaborator Jefferson Hamer in support of Child Ballads, a co-arranged collection of traditional Celtic and British Isles ballads. If there’s a common thread in Mitchell’s work– from her earliest acoustic records, to the opera, to this new chapter– it’s that she’s as interested in the world around her as the one inside her. She has a way of tackling big themes with the same emotional intimacy most artists use to describe their inner lives. “That’s why,” as one journalist put it, “there’s a sexual ambiguity about her work and why, even in her most intimate moments, she never sounds like a confessional songwriter.” See more [+]

Way Down Hadestown |||||

Follow that dollar for a long way down Far away from the poo...

Wedding Song |||||

Lover, tell me if you can Who?s gonna buy the wedding bands?...

Tam Lin |||||

Janet sits in her lonely room Sewing a silken seam And looki...

All Ive Ever Known |||||

I was alone so long I didn't even know that I was lonely Out...

1984 |||||

Down at headquarters There's a big database With black and w...

O My Star |||||

Oh my star don't fail me now That I have followed you from t...

One Good Thing |||||

Turn that TV off now baby I'm so low I don't even sing Tell ...

Shepard |||||

Said the shepherd to his wife, The crop of hay is cut and dr...

Tam Lin Child 39 |||||

Janet sits in her lonely room Sewing a silken seam And looki...

Wilderland |||||

Oh mother shelter A mother is a shelterer Oh mother shelter ...

Young Man In America |||||

My mother gave a mighty shout Opened her legs and let me out...

Sir Patrick Spens |||||

The king sits in Dumferling town Drinking the blood-red wine...

Coming Down |||||

I never felt so high I never felt so high Please don't leave...

Flowers Eurydices Song |||||

What I wanted was to fall asleep Close my eyes and disappear...

He Did |||||

Love you, love you, love you He did, he did, he did He stood...

Now You Know |||||

When I think about dying I think about children And when I t...

Your Fonder Heart |||||

Come out, come on, come outside Don't you hide your handsome...

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