Folk singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell found inspiration for her collaboration album with longtime friend Jefferson Hamer in books –  namely, the Francis J. Child Collection of Ballads. After reading these, the two musicians picked out seven ballads, and made a very organic and acoustic recording of their choices. Mitchell has done just about everything in the [...]

Anais Mitchell Young Man In America (Wilderland Records) Rating: Just as it took until 1999 for the larger world to wake to the brilliance of Stephin Merritt, in 2010, the popular musical consciousness caught up with the work of Anais Mitchell via her ambitious album and stage show Hadestown. And just as Merritt didn’t squander [...]

Somebody bought me a subscription to American Songwriter a few years back. I try not to read music magazines because I can get totally sucked in and then afterwards I end up feeling kinda like I feel after I read fashion magazines. The musical equivalent of oh, god, my thighs are fat. But I realized [...]

Anaïs Mitchell performs the first single off her forthcoming album Young Man In America.

The Vermont native performs the title track from her new album.

    Photo highlights from Nashville’s SoundLand Music Festival, featuring Those Darlins, JEFF The Brotherhood, Jessica Lea Mayfield and many more.