Anaďs Mitchell is a bundle of contradictions. She has the earthiness of Shawn Colvin, the child-like bite of Joanna Newsom, and the urban jumpiness of Ani DiFranco. Her lyrics are sprinkled with rosy similes ("you roll like the rolling waters/you rise like the bright morning stars") while they simultaneously touch on everything from politics ("Hobo's Lullaby") to literature ("Namesake," a reference to Mitchell's namesake, Anais Nin) to mythology ("Hades & Persephone"). These elements, as disparate as they might seem, come together as nicely as cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, and from the sound of it Mitchell is poised to live up to her new record label, Righteous Babe, on The Brightness. This is a decidedly, ahem, brighter album than her previous effort, opening with a joyful summons ("Come out, come on, come outside"). The Brightness finds Mitchell with a newfound confidence. Not that she skirts pain or sadness on this outing; songs like "Of a Friday Night," a meditation on a departed poet, and "Shenandoah," a ballad about the loss of a friend, dip into isolation and loss. On Hymns for the Exiled, Mitchell might have approached these songs with a helping of self-consciousness and timidity, but on The Brightness they're approached with a kind of sympathetic energy that lifts them nearly to the level of exaltation. This is, granted, incredibly earnest music, but it's hard to hold that against Mitchell given how well she writes, how honest she is, and how far she's come in such a short period of time.
Anaïs Mitchell - www.anaismitchell.comThis is a couple short reviews of my favorite Folk Artist who is now on a 2 week European tour: "Mitchell's compositions are undeniably lovely. They drag listeners in with a fiery earnestness that demands notice."-Exclaim! MagazineListening to this 25-year-old singer/songwriter performing her meticulously written songs and fervently singing them in a distin..
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I discovered Anais Mitchell on the Paste Magazine website where the first track on The Brightness "Your Fonder Heart" was available as a free download. Although I felt like I shouldn't like the quality of her voice - - much too nasal and little-girlish for my taste, I was mesmerized in spite of myself. So much so that I placed the album on my lala want list. And wonder of wonders, someone out ...
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Oh go to sleep you weary hoboLay back lay back and close your eyesI know you've seen a lot of worryI know you've heard a lot of liesIf you like, check out the Anais Mitchell Artist Lounge.
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I discovered Anais Mitchell on the Paste Magazine website where the first track on The Brightness "Your Fonder Heart" was available as a free download. Although I felt like I shouldn't like the quality of her voice - - much too nasal and little-girlish for my taste, I was mesmerized in spite of myself. So much so that I placed the album on my lala want list. And wonder of wonders, someone out ...
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Another great young artist coming out of the Green Mountains of Vermont. Anais a poet, author, singer, song writer and so much more.
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Anaïs Mitchell - www.anaismitchell.comThis is a couple short reviews of my favorite Folk Artist who is now on a 2 week European tour: "Mitchell's compositions are undeniably lovely. They drag listeners in with a fiery earnestness that demands notice."-Exclaim! MagazineListening to this 25-year-old singer/songwriter performing her meticulously written songs and fervently singing them in a distin..
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| 1 Your Fonder Heart |
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| 2 Of a Friday Night |
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| 3 Namesake |
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| 4 Shenandoah |
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| 5 Changer |
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| 6 Song of the Magi |
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| 7 Santa Fe Dream |
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| 8 Hobo's Lullaby |
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| 9 Old-Fashioned Hat |
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| 10 Hades & Persephone |
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| 11 Out of Pawn |
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