Currently touring with Bon Iver, Anais Mitchell, is a rising star on the folk singer scene. She has released two albums: Hadestown, about the Orpheus myth, and Young Man in America, which got rave reviews from Pitchfork.
The Eye's Alejandra Oliva sat down with the singer-songwriter to talk about her albums, her inspiration, and her musical relationship with Bon Iver.
Was there a difference between creating one album that was based around one theme, like Hadestown, and an album with more separate songs like Young Man in America?
Young Man happened a lot faster, because Hadestown was this long sort of slow-burn project. It started out as a community theater show in Vermont, where I’m from. It was just all of my friends and my collaborators, from bands around Vermont, and they were all singing the roles of the characters.
