%27Child Ballads%27 features seven songs from the collections of folklorist Francis James Child Such acts as Fairport Convention and Martin Carthy shaped the two musicians%27 love of British folk ...

ARE 19TH CENTURY BALLADS "aulde newes"? Apparently not, considering how critics from the BBC to NPR are raving about Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer's forthcoming EP, Child Ballads, a revival of ...

Anaïs Mitchell is sitting cross-legged on the rolling lawn of her parents’ rural home in Vergennes, where she has spent the morning harvesting dandelions to make wine. Hip, multicolored Wayfarer ...

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“Child Ballads,” the simply-titled album from Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer, is a mere seven tracks long, but there are plenty of other things to count: six riddles, three wicked mothers, two ...

Since arriving from his native Dublin over 20 years ago, Eamon O’Leary has quietly but assuredly immersed himself in the middle of the Irish trad scene in the Big Apple. Like his fellow Dubs Susan ...

Mitchell has teamed up with Hamer, another young singer, to explore folk's ancient ancestry. Watch the duo perform the legendary "Tam Lin" at the... Anaïs Mitchell has a knack for mythology that flies ...

There's ambition rooted in the pursuit of personal glory, and then there's creative ambition, rooted in a desire to do what hasn't already been done. Anais Mitchell is a folksinger with a kind, ...

Folk singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell found inspiration for her collaboration album with longtime friend Jefferson Hamer in books — namely, the Francis J. Child Collection of Ballads. After reading ...

Anaïs Mitchell has a knack for mythology that flies over the heads of most modern songwriters. From her adaptation of the Orpheus myth on Hadestown — an arresting "folk opera" wherein Orpheus and ...

The courtly majesty, delicate melody, and attentive narrative of old English folk songs have always been a force in Anaïs Mitchell’s work, which has gained a loyal following since her 2010 album, ...