Anaïs Mitchell

Anaïs Mitchell
Background information
Born (1981-03-26) March 26, 1981 (age 43)
OriginMontpelier, Vermont, U.S.
GenresFolk, Indie folk
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active2002–present
LabelsRighteous Babe Records
WebsiteOfficial Website

Anaïs Mitchell (English: /ɑːneɪˈs/; born March 26, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Early life

Anaïs Mitchell is the daughter of a novelist and a college professor. She started writing and performing songs at the age of seventeen. As a child, she grew up on a farm in Addison County, Vermont. She also traveled to the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. She later studied at Middlebury College.[1][2]

Career

In 2002, Mitchell recorded her first album The Song They Sang When Rome Fell.

In 2003 Mitchell won the "New Folk" award at the Kerrville Folk Festival.[3][4]

Her album, Hymns for the Exiled, was released on Chicago's Waterbug Records label in 2004.[1] This recording caused her to be noticed by singer/songwriter, Ani DiFranco. DiFranco signed Mitchell to the Righteous Babe Records label.[2]

In 2008 Mitchell was nominated in the Contemporary Artist category of the third annual Folk Alliance awards show broadcast.[5] In September that same year Righteous Babe Records released country e.p.

Mitchell released an album called Young Man in America, on her Wilderland Records label in 2012.[6]

Reception

Mitchell has gotten good reviews on her musical style and performance. An article in Acoustic Guitar magazine compares her to Dylan, Cohen, and Welch.[7]

A review in No Depression magazine said that Mitchell is "girlishly sprite and brimming with innocence" and says that she "brings to mind the hippie-throwback charm of Victoria Williams and "80s pop star Cyndi Lauper".[8]

Discography

  • The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell (2002)
  • Hymns for the Exiled (2004) Waterbug Records
  • The Brightness (2007) Righteous Babe Records
  • Country E.P. (2008) Righteous Babe Records (with Rachel Ries)
  • Hadestown (2010) Righteous Babe Records (with Ani DiFranco, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Greg Brown and Ben Knox Miller)
  • Young Man in America (2012)

References

Other websites