BIOGRAPHY
ANAÏS MITCHELL is a Vermont-based singer-songwriter, and the Tony and Grammy award-winning creator of the Broadway musical Hadestown for which she wrote the book, music and lyrics. Hadestown won 8 Tony Awards overall including Best Musical as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Mitchell was named to TIME’s prestigious TIME100 list in 2020, and her first book, ‘Working on a Song – The Lyrics of Hadestown’ was published by Penguin/Plume in the same year.
Dubbed by NPR as “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation”, Mitchell comes from the world of narrative folksong, poetry and balladry. Her recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown (2010, featuring Justin Vernon and Ani DiFranco) and Young Man in America (2012), along with reinterpretations of traditional music including Child Ballads (2013, with Jefferson Hamer) and Bonny Light Horseman (2020, as Bonny Light Horseman, which received two Grammy nominations). She co-wrote and featured on multiple tracks on Big Red Machine’s 2021 album How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last, alongside other features by Fleet Foxes, Taylor Swift and Sharon Van Etten. Her most recent album, Anaïs Mitchell (2022), has received widespread praise with features and glowing reviews in the New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Telegraph and NPR. She has headlined worldwide and supported tours for Bon Iver, Josh Ritter and Punch Brothers, and her music has featured in year-end best lists including NPR, Wall Street Journal, MOJO, Uncut, The Guardian, Sunday Times and The Observer.
“One of the greatest songwriters of her generation” NPR
“A national treasure, one of our great modern singer-songwriters” Time Out
“Ms. Mitchell’s songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision...a formidable songwriting talent” New York Times
“Mitchell is a skilled storyteller...and her delivery gives an emotional complexity that welcomes and even demands repeated listens.” Pitchfork
“A songwriter of exceptional imagination and perception” The Guardian
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Named by TIME as on of The 100 Most Influencial People of 2020
“The most engaging, and in some ways, most original artist working in the field of new American folk music” Independent on Sunday “One of the greatest songwriters of her generation” NPR
“A national treasure, one of our great modern singer-songwriters” Time Out
“Ms. Mitchell’s songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision...a formidable songwriting talent” New York Times
“Mitchell is a skilled storyteller...and her delivery gives an emotional complexity that welcomes and even demands repeated listens.” Pitchfork
“Currently a well-kept secret, Mitchell is writing material that stands comparison with the great singer-songwriters of the past few decades” Daily Telegraph
“A songwriter of exceptional imagination and perception” The Guardian
HADESTOWN PRESS
Anaïs Mitchell's 'Hadestown' Musical Makes Its Broadway Debut - NPR “All Things Considered
Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous - New York Times
Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell's Musical Where Work Is Hell, Makes It to the Big Time - Vogue
‘Hadestown’ Took 12 Years to Get to Broadway, but It’s More Relevant Than Ever - Variety
Hadestown Is A Broadway Musical Like No Other - Forbes
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