Anaïs Mitchell

Anaïs Mitchell (; 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.

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." New Folk Finalist History"  Kerrville Folk Festival.

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

In 2008 Mitchell was nominated in the Contemporary Artist category of the third annual Folk Alliance awards show broadcast."Ellen Jewell, Uncle Earl highlight Folk Alliance award nominees" News You Should Note posted February 4, 2008 No Depression. 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.(Feb 2012) American Original More From This Weeks Qa With Anais Mitchell.

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."Family politics, love, and music infuse the stunning Hymns for the Exiled. Vermont-based singer-songwriter details her new album." by Anand Nayak Songcraft: Anais Mitchell Acoustic Guitar April 2005, No. 148.

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".No Depression

 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
 Official website
 Boston Globe music review
 Sing Out! sound recording review of The Brightness by Rich Warren June 22, 2007.
 State of Mind  Our Lady of the Underground: A Conversation with Anais Mitchell by Matt Bushlow March 2010.
 nthWORD Magazine  Interview by Ryan O'Connor June 7, 2010
 NPR Music Review

Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:American composers
Category:American singer-songwriters
Category:American guitarists
Category:Singers from Vermont
Category:Musicians from Vermont
Category:American folk musicians
Category:People from Montpelier, Vermont
Category:People from Middlebury, Vermont