Ever since I heard her album The Brightness, I've been a big fan of Anais Mitchell's unassumingly beautiful songwriting. In 2010, I named her folk opera Hadestown (based on the Orpheus myth) one of the best folk albums of that year, and have been eagerly awaiting its follow-up. I've also been consistently surprised at how few people are still unaware of Mitchell's remarkable gift.
So, if you get the chance to catch her on the road this winter and spring, I'd highly recommend heading straight out to see her. She'll also be releasing that follow-up - an album titled Young Man in America (Wilderland Records/Thirty Tigers) on Feb. 28. A full list of tour dates is below the cut, or you can learn more about Anais Mitchell with this introductory bio and profile, or check out my reviews of The Brightness and Hadestown.
And now for the full tour dates:
February 22 - Stone Church Music Club - Newmarket, NH
February 22 - Club Passim - Boston, MA
February 24 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
February 25 - Unitarian Universalist Church - Peace Dale, RI
February 27 - Iron Horse - Northhampton, MA
February 28 - Joe's Pub - New York, NY
February 29 - Ram's Head - Annapolis, MD
March 1 - Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
March 2 - Jammin' Java - Vienna, VA
March 3 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA
March 4 - Mountain Stage - Charleston, VA*
March 6 - Evening Muse - Charlotte, NC
March 7 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
March 8 - Eddie's Attic - Atlanta, GA
March 9 - Square Room - Knoxville, TN
March 10 - The Basement - Nashville, TN
March 28 - Doug Fir - Portland, OR †
March 29 - The Tractor - Seattle, WA †
April 4 - Freight & Salvage - San Francisco, CA
April 6 - USCD @ The Loft - San Diego, CA
April 7 - Edye Theater - Los Angeles, CA
April 12 - Eastern Mennonite University - Harrisonburg, CA
April 13 - Mockingbird - Staunton, VA
April 14 - Carnegie Hall - Lewisburg, WV
April 19 - The Ark - Ann Arbor, MI
April 20 - Space - Evanston, IL
April 22 - 7th Street - Minneapolis, MN
Dates marked * are with Cowboy Junkies and Paul Kelly; Dates marked + are performances of Hadestown
photo courtesy Righteous Babe
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