Child Ballads featured on NPR Weekend Edition
Child Ballads by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer was recently featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition
Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer “Child Ballads” out early 2013
We’re excited to officially announce the forthcoming release of Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer’s new album, Child Ballads.
West Coast and Midwest Tours – Recording the Ballads of Francis James Child
Hey friends, Happy Summer’s End to you! I’m heading out to the west coast for some shows with Anais Mitchell and Rachel Ries in Berkeley, Portland, and Vancouver, and then Anais and I are going into the studio to record an album of traditional British and Scottish ballads. We’ve been working steadily on these classic …
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A Week in Vermont with Anais Mitchell
On Monday, the 8th of February, I rode a chinatown bus from New York City to Boston. Anais Mitchell picked me up. Our intention was to arrange and record a bunch of folk songs from the Francis James Child “English and Scottish Popular Ballads” collection.