Listening to this 25-year-old singer/songwriter perform her meticulously written songs, fervently singing them in a distinctive, almost childlike voice, you'd think it was her life mission to rouse the hearts and minds of her listeners with an acoustic guitar.
A songwriter of startling clarity and depth, equally skilled at turning a melody or lyrical phrase into what you didn't know you needed until you heard it... fearlessly emotive...like Dylan, Cohen, and Welch, Mitchell weaves her stories into an effortlessly beautiful and cohesive tapestry with the skill of an artisan's carpenter, showing no seams.
"A songwriter of startling clarity and depth, equally skilled at turning a melody or lyrical phrase into what you didn't know you needed until you heard it... fearlessly emotive...like Dylan, Cohen, and Welch, Mitchell weaves her stories into an effortlessly beautiful and cohesive tapestry with the skill of an artisan's carpenter, showing no seams."~ACOUSTIC GUITAR
In Mitchell's universe, there is no light between the personal and the political, the venerable and the radical... she brilliantly intertwines the mundane and the profound, singing with the same intimacy about a carefree night on the town and wandering the warring towns of Israel. Her vivid snapshots of sweetly ordinary moments spin suddenly outward to bemoan the eternal woes of poverty and militarism.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
One of the most gifted and poetic young singer/songwriters on the scene today, Vermont native Anais Mitchell presents music from her acclaimed folk opera Hadestown at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre on Saturday, May 1. Celebrating the release of Mitchell's new Hadestown CD, the concert benefits local poetry house Harbor Mountain Press. Reserved seats are $20. Directo's Circle benefit seating is available for $50 per person and includes a pre-show reception with the artist and door prizes including complimentary CDs and volumes of Harbor Mountain poetry.
