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Anaïs (uh-nay-is) Mitchell (aka Anais Mitchell), is a singer-songwriter from Vermont, USA, who attended Middlebury College. Anaïs’ voice is akin to Cyndi Lauper’s & song-writing / delivery’s inspired by the confessional styling of artists such as Ani Difranco.

In 2002, she released The Song They Sang… When Rome Fell. In 2003, she was a winner of the New Folk Competition, at the Kerrville Folk Festival. In 2004, her second album, Hymns for the Exiled, was released (Waterbug Records).

On 8 Dec 2006, Anaïs’ ‘folk opera’ “Hadestown” débuted (written / produced in collaboration with composer Michael Chorney & director Ben T. Matchstick). On 13 Feb 2007, her third album, The Brightness was released (Righteous Babe).

Hadestown, a concept album based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, was released on March 9, 2010. It features contributions from Justin Vernon as Orpheus, Ani Difranco as Persephone, Greg Brown as Hades, and Ben Knox Miller as Hermes; Anais herself sings the part of Eurydice.

Her new album, ‘Young Man in America’ was released on Wilderland Records in the UK on February 13, 2012 and in the US on February 28, 2012.
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  • casablanca

    Listen together with others to new indie folk and indie pop artists and tunes in the "New Indie Folk" Soundrop room on Spotify - http://open.soundrop.fm/s/W2Pf1ShxheWGD8th

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  • maesco

    i'd buy that too.

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  • nickchapman83

    Does anyone know of any plans to release Young Man in America on LP?

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  • Quozza

    The only reason I can see that Anais hasn't been a huge success commercially is the overtly political edge to her lyrics. Voice to die for... the "real deal" so far as authenticity and creativity are concerned (take your fake Del Rey and shove it!). Hadestown is an extaordinary and exceptional album... She'll have her day. Her own version of "Why We Build" on Youtube is genius... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TUfxx2JrqY - but then so is "Wedding Song" "Young man..." and "Shenandoah" (...OK rant over - I'll go back to listening the Hip Hop, Jazz and Soul) ...

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  • Kelvindv

    Hadestown is great.

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  • superfly299

    She's an amazing songwriter but I don't really care for her vocals. They remind me of Duffy who I can't stand. She falls in that category of artists for me where I can appreciate her music but I don't truly love it for one aspect or another.

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  • xJake_Guitarx

    "Young Man In America" Is absolutely flawless! Her music so unique and beautiful, I just can't get enough, Such a beautiful voice.

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  • ukrayf

    her voice takes getting used to? are we still saying this about people? man, almost every major singer/songwriter of the last 50 years has an unconventional voice. what on earth is a conventional voice anyway? do any of the people that complain about voices actually listen to much music?

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Hadestown comes to London

2 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/anaismitchell

So happy to be able to announce that Hadestown will be performed in London on Tuesday 25th January at the beautiful Union Chapel. Martin Carthy will once again sing the part of Hades, and …

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