Anaïs Mitchell is a singer and songwriter that is based in Vermont. Mitchell’s Broadway musical Hadestown has received a Tony and Grammy award. She was named to TIME’s prestigious TIME100 list in 2020, and her first book, Working On A Song – The Lyrics of Hadestown, was published by Penguin/Plume in the same year. Dubbed by NPR as ‘one of the greatest songwriters of her generation;,’ Mitchell comes from the world of narrative folksong, poetry, and balladry. Her 2010 studio album, Hadestown, is a folk opera based on the Orpheus myth. She released Young Man in America in 2012, which was described by the UK’s [...]
What makes this duet so unique? A half-French and half-American amalgamation that is stirring the alternative folk pot with groundbreaking sounds. I am talking about Freedom Fry. They began writing songs together in the Summer of 2011 after a chance meeting on the set of a music video. Now living in Los Angeles and married, the duet creates their own brand of music that is catchy and energetic. They create nearly everything in the Freedom Fry universe – from the videos and the artwork to producing and mixing all the songs in their studio, aptly titled The Cactus Garden. Freedom Fry released their debut full-length album, Classic, at the [...]
