Anaïs Mitchell

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Anaïs Mitchell | image = Anaïs Mitchell New Bedford Music Festival Summerfest New Bedford MA July 2010.jpg | caption = Mitchell in 2010 | image_size =  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|03|26}} | origin = Montpelier, Vermont, U.S. | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano}} | genre = Indie folk, Americana, country folk, pop music | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|playwright}} | years_active = 2002–present | label = {{hlist|Waterbug|Righteous Babe|Wilderland|Thirty Tigers|BMG}} | spouse = {{marriage|Noah Hahn|2006}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|Bonny Light Horseman|Ani DiFranco|Justin Vernon|Todd Sickafoose|Michael Chorney|Josh Kaufman|Eric D. Johnson}} | website = {{Official URL}} }}

'''Anaïs Mitchell''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|n|eɪ|.|ɪ|s}}; born March 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ana%C3%AFs-mitchell-mn0000224535/biography|title=Anaïs Mitchell – Biography & History|last=Reges|first=Margaret|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 15, 2016}}</ref> Mitchell has released eight studio albums, including ''Hadestown'' (2010), ''Young Man in America'' (2012),<ref name="queen">[http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/08/anais-mitchell-i-like-to-cry/ Anais Mitchell: 'I like to cry'] March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57629/anas-mitchell.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924005422/http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57629/anas-mitchell.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2011|title=Anaïs Mitchell: Slim's, San Francisco, CA 07/06/2011 -|last=Zimmerman|first=Peter|date=September 20, 2011|website=Glide Magazine|access-date=October 15, 2016}}</ref> ''Child Ballads'' (2013), and ''Anaïs Mitchell'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/9909436/Anais-Mitchell-interview.html|title=Anais Mitchell, interview|journal=Daily Telegraph|last=Hughes|first=Rob|date=March 5, 2013|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

She developed her album ''Hadestown'' into a stage musical (with director Rachel Chavkin), which received its US debut at New York Theatre Workshop in summer 2016,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytw.org/show/hadestown/|title=NYTW / Hadestown|work=NYTW|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> and its Canadian debut at the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/theater/an-unexpected-new-stop-on-the-road-to-broadway-edmonton.html|title=An Unexpected New Stop on the Road to Broadway: Edmonton|last=Paulson|first=Michael|date=December 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The show opened at London's National Theatre in November 2018 and then on Broadway on April 17, 2019, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/theater/hadestown-will-play-in-london-before-broadway.html|title=The Underworld Will Stop in London en Route to Broadway|date=April 19, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Broadway production of ''Hadestown'' won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including the Tony Award for Best Musical. Mitchell received the Tony Award for Best Original Score; she was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. The Broadway cast album of the show took home the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2020. Mitchell's first book, ''Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown'', was published by Plume Books on October 6, 2020. Mitchell was included in ''Time''{{'}}s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Anaïs Mitchell: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888471/anais-mitchell/|access-date=September 23, 2020|magazine=Time}}</ref>

Mitchell is a member of the band Bonny Light Horseman, whose self-titled debut was released in 2020. The band's second album, "Golden Rolling Holy", was released in 2022,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/review-bonny-light-horseman-returns-with-a-second-dose-of-rolling-golden-holy-folk/ | title=Review: Bonny Light Horseman Returns with a Second Dose of 'Rolling Golden Holy' Folk | date=October 6, 2022 }}</ref> followed by "Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free" in 2024.

==Early life== Mitchell's father, a novelist and college professor, named her after author Anaïs Nin.<ref name="wears the trousers">{{cite journal|url=http://wearsthetrousers.com/2007/11/words-in-edgeways-with-anais-mitchell/ |title=Anais Mitchell interview |date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |publisher=Wears the Trousers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917105457/http://www.wearsthetrousers.com/2007/11/words-in-edgeways-with-anais-mitchell/ |archive-date=September 17, 2011 }}</ref> She grew up on Treleven farm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treleven.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/treleven-in-march-24/|title=Treleven in March|date=May 16, 2012|website=Treleven|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref> in Addison County, Vermont and graduated from Mount Abraham Union High School. She was raised Quaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/music/take-it-easy-sweet-and-slow/. |title=Take it easy, sweet and slow |work=Boulder Weekly |date= April 20, 2017 | access-date = August 3, 2021 |last1=Haas |first1=Sarah }}</ref> Her mother was Deputy Secretary of Vermont's Agency of Human Services.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 15, 2011|title=Cheryl Mitchell|url=https://trelevenfarm.org/about/people/board/131-2/|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Treleven|language=en}}</ref> After traveling to the Middle East, Europe and Latin America as a child, she attended Middlebury College, where she majored in political science and graduated in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last=Presley |first=Katie |title=B-Sides: Q&A with Anaïs Mitchell |url=http://bitchmagazine.org/post/b-sides-ana%C3%AFs-mitchell-interview-feminist-music-reviews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312065559/http://bitchmagazine.org/post/b-sides-ana%C3%AFs-mitchell-interview-feminist-music-reviews |archive-date=March 12, 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2013 |publisher=Bitch Magazine}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = AnaisMitchell.com|url = http://anaismitchell.com/press.html|date = June 21, 2011|access-date = November 11, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110621111955/http://anaismitchell.com/press.html|archive-date=June 21, 2011 }}</ref>

==Career== She began writing her first songs at the age of 17, around 1998. Just five years later Mitchell won the New Folk award in 2003, when she was 22, at the Kerrville Folk Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Anais Mitchell {{!}} Freight & Salvage|url = http://www.thefreight.org/anais-mitchell|website = www.thefreight.org|access-date = November 11, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150915043252/http://www.thefreight.org/anais-mitchell|archive-date = September 15, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> Her album ''Hymns for the Exiled'' was released on Chicago's Waterbug Records label in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Anaïs Mitchell – Hymns For The Exiled|url = http://www.discogs.com/Ana%25C3%25AFs-Mitchell-Hymns-For-The-Exiled/release/2987593|website = Discogs|access-date = November 11, 2015}}</ref> This recording attracted the attention of singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who signed her to the Righteous Babe Records label.<ref name=":0" />

In 2006, Mitchell debuted a draft of her "folk opera" ''Hadestown'', which she wrote in collaboration with arranger Michael Chorney and director Ben T. Matchstick.<ref>[http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/344 "Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075653/http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node%2F344 |date=November 28, 2018 }} December 7, 2006, by Megan James Addison County Independent.</ref> A revised version of ''Hadestown'' was staged in 2007. Her third album, ''The Brightness,'' was released that same year on Righteous Babe Records.<ref>[http://www.righteousbabe.com/press/anais/thebrightness/RBR053_PressRelease.pdf "oh, the places she's gone! Anaïs Mitchell's Righteous Babe Records' debut '''the brightness''' is poetry in motion. in stores February 13, 2007."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223105/http://www.righteousbabe.com/press/anais/thebrightness/RBR053_PressRelease.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }} press release Righteous Babe Records.</ref>

Her album ''Hadestown,'' produced by Todd Sickafoose, was released in spring 2010 to favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/25/anais-mitchell-hadestown-review |title=Anais Mitchell: Hadestown |work=The Guardian |author=Neil Spencer |date=April 25, 2010 |access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15307/reviews/4139727|title=Album Review: Anaïs Mitchell – Hadestown|author=James Skinner|work=DrownedInSound|access-date=September 10, 2010|archive-date=May 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506141433/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15307/reviews/4139727|url-status=dead}}</ref> Described as "the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in post-apocalyptic Depression-era America,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mitchell,Anais – Hadestown|url=http://www.ladyslipper.org/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=53&upc=74873170702|publisher=Ladyslipper Music|access-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref> the album includes guest appearances by Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem, and The Haden Triplets (Petra, Rachel, and Tanya Haden).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/02/anais_mitchell.html |title=Anais Mitchell playing shows, releasing 'Hadestown' – concept album w/ Justin Vernon, Greg Brown, Hadens, more |work=BrooklynVegan |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref>

Mitchell continued quietly working on a stage version of ''Hadestown'' while also writing and recording new material. In early 2012, she released ''Young Man in America'' on Wilderland Records.<ref>(Feb 2012) [http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2012/02/american-original-more-from-this-weeks-qa-with-ana%C3%AFs-mitchell.html American Original More From This Weeks Qa With Anais Mitchell].</ref><ref>"[http://pitchfork.com/news/45787-watch-bon-iver-covers-anais-mitchell/ Bon Iver Covers Anaïs Mitchell 'Coming Down' live on Australian radio]" Pitchfork's Watch: section, by Jenn Pelly; March 16, 2012.</ref> Mitchell opened the North American leg of Bon Iver's autumn 2012 tour, which included two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall.<ref>"[http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/06/bon_iver_announ_1.html Bon Iver announces gigs w/ Anais Mitchell, two more Radio City Music Hall shows (updated tour dates)]" BrooklynVegan; June 25, 2012.</ref> The album was largely praised by critics as "genre-defying" and her "second consecutive masterpiece."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/young-man-in-america/anais-mitchell|title=Reviews for Young Man In America by Anaïs Mitchell – Metacritic|work=Metacritic}}</ref>

In late 2012, Mitchell completed recording seven songs from the collection of Child Ballads, compiled by Francis James Child, with fellow musician Jefferson Hamer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/08/anais-mitchell-album-child-ballads|title=Anaïs Mitchell on Child Ballads: 'They're so beautiful, so strange and weird. That's the poetry of it'|last=Thomson|first=Graeme|date=February 8, 2013|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> The album, produced by Gary Paczosa, was released in February 2013,<ref name="new album">[http://anaismitchell.com/2012/12/11/new-album-child-ballads-out-early-2013/ New album, Child Ballads, out early 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325182737/http://anaismitchell.com/2012/12/11/new-album-child-ballads-out-early-2013/ |date=March 25, 2016 }} December 11, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.</ref> winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/30slkTmT89Y4zS8TMxd5wdb/winners|title=2014, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – Winners – BBC Radio 2|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> This was followed in 2014 by ''xoa,'' for which Mitchell re-recorded a number of her older songs using only guitar and vocals. This stripped back album included some songs from ''Hadestown'' which were recorded for the first time in Mitchell's own voice, as well as three brand new songs.

In summer 2016, the newly expanded theatrical version of ''Hadestown'' opened at New York Theatre Workshop<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytw.org/show/hadestown/|title=NYTW / Hadestown}}</ref> with Vogue magazine predicting that "''Hadestown'' will be your next musical theatre obsession".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/hadestown-anais-mitchell-interview|title=Hadestown Will Be Your Next Musical Theater Obsession|work=Vogue|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The following year, it received its Canadian premiere at The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, and in April 2018, London's National Theatre announced that it would present a three-month run during the winter ahead of the show's Broadway transfer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/theater/hadestown-will-play-in-london-before-broadway.html|title=The Underworld Will Stop in London en Route to Broadway|last=Paulson|first=Michael|date=April 19, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Hadestown'' opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 17, 2019.

In 2019, Mitchell was appearing as part of a three-piece "supergroup" called Bonny Light Horseman, consisting of herself, Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats and guitarist Josh Kaufman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/bonny-light-horseman-newport-folk-festival-2019-lineup |date=December 18, 2018|title=New Supergroup Bonny Light Horseman Joins Newport Folk Festival 2019 Lineup|website=Jambase |author=Jeffrey Greenblatt}}</ref> The group's self-titled debut album was released on January 24, 2020.

In June 2021, American supergroup Big Red Machine announced their second studio album, ''How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'', which features Mitchell's guest vocals in three of its tracks: "Latter Days", "Phoenix", and "New Auburn".<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=June 29, 2021|title=Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon's Big Red Machine Previews New Album With 'Latter Days'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aaron-dessner-justin-vernon-big-red-machine-new-album-1190641/|access-date=July 26, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life== While at Middlebury College, Mitchell met Noah Hahn, whom she married in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bolles |first1=Dan |title=Vermont Musicians Share the Stories Behind Their Wedding Songs |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/vermont-musicians-share-the-stories-behind-their-wedding-songs/Content?oid=4015605 |website=Seven Days |access-date=November 29, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> They have two daughters, Ramona and Rosetta.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lefkowitz |first1=Andy |title=Hey, Little Songbird! Hadestown Creator Anaïs Mitchell & Husband Noah Welcome Second Child Rosetta |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198877/hey-little-songbird-hadestown-creator-anais-mitchell-husband-noah-welcome-second-child-rosetta/ |website=Broadway.com |date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=November 29, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception== Mitchell has received favorable reviews on her musical style, sound and performance. An article in ''Acoustic Guitar'' magazine calls Mitchell "fearlessly emotive" and compares her to Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Gillian Welch.<ref>[http://www.acousticguitar.com/ "Family politics, love, and music infuse the stunning Hymns for the Exiled. Vermont-based singer-songwriter details her new album."] by Anand Nayak ''Songcraft: Anais Mitchell'' ''Acoustic Guitar'' April 2005, No. 148.</ref> The UK's ''Independent'' newspaper called her "the most engaging, and in some ways, most original artist currently working in the field of new American folk music"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-critics-sounds-of-2012-6283553.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101042755/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-critics-sounds-of-2012-6283553.html |archive-date=2012-01-01 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=The Critics: Sounds of 2012|date=January 1, 2012|work=The Independent|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' noted that "Ms Mitchell's songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision" and called her "a formidable songwriting talent".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/arts/music/review-anais-mitchell-sings-her-own-work-at-the-stanley-h-kaplan-penthouse.html|title=Review: Anais Mitchell Sings Her Own Work at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=March 18, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Discography == {{see also|Bonny Light Horseman (band)#Discography}}

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected information ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="6" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Folk <ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/anais-mitchell|title=Anais Mitchell Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Heat <ref name="auto"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Amer. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/americana-albums-chart/|title=Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK DL <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/|title=Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Indie <ref> *''Young Man in America'': {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20120219/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 – 19 February 2012|website=Official Charts }} *''Child Ballads'': {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20130217/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 – 17 February 2013|website=Official Charts }} *''Anaïs Mitchell'': {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|''The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell'' | *Released: 2002 *Label: Self-released *Formats: CD | — || — || — || — || – || – |- ! scope="row"|''Hymns for the Exiled'' | *Released: September 21, 2004 *Label: Waterbug *Formats: CD, digital download | — || — || — || — || – || – |- ! scope="row"|''The Brightness'' | *Released: February 13, 2007 *Label: Righteous Babe *Formats: CD, digital download | — || — || — || — || – || – |- ! scope="row"|''Hadestown'' | *Released: March 9, 2010 *Label: Righteous Babe *Formats: CD, digital download, LP |9 || 33 || — || — || – || – |- ! scope="row"|''Young Man in America'' | *Released: February 13, 2012 *Label: Wilderland, Thirty Tigers *Formats: CD, digital download, LP |13 || 27 || — || – || – || 22 |- ! scope="row"|''Child Ballads'' (with Jefferson Hamer) | *Released: February 11, 2013 *Label: Wilderland, Thirty Tigers *Formats: CD, digital download, LP |20 || 38 || — || — || – || 19 |- ! scope="row"|''Xoa''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ana%C3%AFs-mitchell-mn0000224535/biography|title=Artist Biography by Marcy Donelson|last=Donelson|first=Marcy|work=AllMusic|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livefromhere.org/people/anais-mitchell|title=Anais Mitchell - Live from Here with Chris Thile|work=Live From Here|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref> | *Released: September 30, 2014 *Label: Wilderland, Thirty Tigers *Formats: CD, digital download | — || — || — || — || – || – |- ! scope="row"|''Anaïs Mitchell'' | *Released: January 28, 2022 *Label: BMG Rights Management *Formats: CD, digital download, LP |— || — || 37 || 3 || 30 || 10 |}

===EPs=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected information ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;" | Album details |- ! scope="row"|''Country E.P.'' (with Rachel Ries) | *Released: September 2, 2008 *Label: Righteous Babe *Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download |}

===Cast albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected information ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2019-08-10/billboard-200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 6, 2019|title=We're No. 1! 'Billboard #1 Gospel Hits' Debuts Atop Gospel Albums Chart }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Indie <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2019-08-10/independent-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 6, 2019|title=Archived copy|archive-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806212227/https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2019-08-10/independent-albums|url-status=dead}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Cast <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2017-10-28/cast-albums|magazine=Billboard|date=October 28, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2019|title=Archived copy|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421092302/https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2017-10-28/cast-albums|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2019-08-10/cast-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 6, 2019|title=Cast Albums }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK DL <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/20190802/7003/|title=Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 – August 2, 2019|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Indie <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20190802/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 – August 2, 2019|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|''Why We Build The Wall (EP – Selections from Hadestown. The Myth. The Musical. Live Original Cast Recording)'' | *Released: October 13, 2016 *Label: Parlophone *Formats: digital download |— || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"|''Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Live Original Cast Recording)'' | *Released: October 6, 2017 *Label: Parlophone, Warner Classics *Formats: CD, digital download |— || — || 3 || — || — |- ! scope="row"|''Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/cy/album/hadestown-original-broadway-cast-recording/1466351033|title=Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on iTunes|publisher=iTunes|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> | *Released: July 26, 2019 *Label: Sing It Again *Formats: CD, LP, digital download |49 || 4 || 1 || 21 || 25 |}

===Singles=== ====As lead artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:2em;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album |- ! scope="row"| "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" | 2016 |''Acoustic Christmas (An Amazon Music Original)'' |- ! scope="row"| "Woyaya" (with Kate Stables) | rowspan="2"| 2018 |''Love Me Not (Amazon Original)'' |- ! scope="row"| "By Degrees" (with Mark Erelli, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter) | rowspan="2" {{n/a|''non-album single''}} |- ! scope="row"| "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (with Thomas Bartlett) |2019 |- ! scope="row"| "Minnesota" (with Mick Flannery) |2020 |''Mickmas EP, Vol. 3'' |- ! scope="row"| "Grace Cathedral Hill" |rowspan="3"|2021 |''Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars)'' |- ! scope="row"| "Bright Star" |rowspan="3"|''Anaïs Mitchell'' |- ! scope="row"| "Brooklyn Bridge" |- ! scope="row"| "On Your Way (Felix Song)" | 2022 |- |}

====As featured artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected information ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:4em;" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US AAA <ref name="aaa">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/anais-mitchell/chart-history/aaa/|title=Anais Mitchell Chart History (Triple A Airplay)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|"Phoenix" {{small|(Big Red Machine featuring Anaïs Mitchell and Fleet Foxes)}} |2021 |33 |''How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'' |}

===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Other artist(s) ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album |- ! scope="row"| "Mockingbird" | rowspan="2"| 2008 | {{n/a}} |''Songs For Laura Volume One'' |- ! scope="row"| "Quarter to Ten" | Gregory Douglass |''Turning Back Beautiful'' |- ! scope="row"| "L'Internazionale" | rowspan="2"| 2009 | {{n/a}} |''Thrufters & Through-Stones: The Music of Vermont's First 400 Years'' |- ! scope="row"| "All My Trials" | {{n/a}} |''Beautiful Star – The Songs of Odetta'' |- ! scope="row"| "Alight" | rowspan="5"| 2013 | Round Mountain |''The Goat'' |- ! scope="row"| "Even Then" | The Bengsons |''Hundred Days'' |- ! scope="row"| "Wedding Song (Live)" | {{n/a}} |''Live at Caffe Lena: Music From America's Legendary Coffeehouse'' |- ! scope="row"| "Anchors" | Kris Gruen |''New Comics From the Wooden World'' |- ! scope="row"| "Clyde Waters" | Jefferson Hamer |''The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2013'' |- |}

===Audiobooks=== *''Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown'' (October 6, 2020; Penguin Audio)

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" !Year !'''Award''' !'''Category''' !'''Work''' !'''Result''' !Ref. |- | rowspan="1" |2003 | rowspan="1" |Kerrville Folk Festival | colspan="2" |New Folk Award |{{won}} | |- | rowspan="1" |2010 | rowspan="1" | Grammy Award | Best Recording Package | ''Hadestown'' |{{nominated}} | |- | rowspan="1" |2014 | rowspan="1" | BBC Radio 2 Folk Award | Best Traditional Track | "Willie of Winsbury" (shared with Jefferson Hamer) |{{won}} | |- | rowspan="5" |2019 | rowspan="2" |Tony Award | Best Original Score | rowspan="4" |''Hadestown'' |{{won}} | |- | Best Book of a Musical |{{nom}} | |- | rowspan="2" | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) |{{win}} | |- | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) |{{nom}} | |- | Americana Music Honors & Awards | Song of the Year | "By Degrees" (with Mark Erelli, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna and Josh Ritter) | {{nom}} | |- | 2020 | rowspan=3|Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | ''Hadestown'' |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=November 20, 2019 |title=2020 Grammy Nominees |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list |access-date=November 20, 2019 |work=grammy.com}}</ref> |- | rowspan=4| 2021 | Best Folk Album | ''Bonny Light Horseman'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2021-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> |- | Best American Roots Performance | "Deep in Love" | {{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"|Libera Awards |Libera Award for Best Americana Record |''Bonny Light Horseman'' |{{won}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-23 |title=A2IM names 2021 Libera indie music awards nominees [the full list] |url=https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/03/a2im-names-2021-libera-indie-music-awards-nominees-the-full-list.html |access-date=2021-06-14 |website=Hypebot |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Best Breakthrough Artist |Bonny Light Horseman |{{nom}} |- |2023 |Grammy Award | Best American Roots Song | "Bright Star" | {{nom}} | |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category|Anaïs Mitchell}} * [http://www.anaismitchell.com Official website] *[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/13/anais-mitchell-bon-iver-interview Guardian] Feature *[https://www.vogue.com/article/hadestown-anais-mitchell-broadway-review-interview Vogue] Interview *[https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2012/03/01/147756304/anais-mitchells-new-video-a-familys-love-and-lost-memories NPR All Songs Considered] *[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hell-raising-a-how-to-guide-with-ana-s-mitchell-7791184.html The Independent] Interview *[https://www2.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2019/03/07/folk-opera-from-vermont-heads-broadway/cKO2VkZWVgWRUuJuAHmy2L/story.html Boston Globe] Feature

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