Saturday, November 15

Saturday Nights on Phinney Ridge

Anais Mitchell

Phinney Neighborhood Center (Brick Building), 7:30PM

General Admission: $14
$2 off for SFS & PNA members and seniors, kids half price

From her birthplace on a Vermont sheep farm to Beirut cafes, and Austin recording studios, Righteous Babe Records recording artist, Anais Mitchell, has been around. In her SFS debut concert, Mitchell promises to wow Seattle listeners with her honest and intimate voice, her delicate guitar work and her disarming lyricism. Acoustic Guitar magazine describes her as "a songwriter of startling clarity and depth, equally skilled at turning a melody or lyrical phrase into what you didn't know you needed until you heard it."

Anais has been writing and performing since the tender age of 17. She released her first (now out-of-print) record in 2002 and the following year was honored as a New Folk winner at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Mitchell released her second record, Hymns for the Exiled, on Waterbug Records in 2004... The record eventually reached the ears of folk icon Ani D'Franco, who invited Anais to join Ani's own Righteous Babe Records label. Mitchell released her third record, The Brightness, last February ~ It debuted at #4 on Billboard's Northeast chart. Anais writes with grace and knowing detail about such diverse themes hobo adventures and mythic heroes; love, loss & longing; war and the innocence of childhood. "She brilliantly intertwines the mundane and the profound, singing with the same intimacy about a a carefree night on the town and wandering the warring towns of Israel" -- Boston Globe. Her voice whispers and rages as necessary, lilts and proclaims.

This is Mitchell's first Seattle appearance in several years. Come hear this rising star in a small listening room while you still can!

Reserve online, or by calling 206/528-8523.