Anaïs Mitchell
and Bonny Light HorsemanThe Vermont singer-songwriter performs new songs and older favorites together with a three-piece band.
21/22 Hop PresentsAnaïs Mitchell, the esteemed singer-songwriter whose Broadway smash Hadestown won eight awards, including Best Musical, at the 2019 Tony Awards, is joined on this one-of-a-kind tour by Bonny Light Horseman, a folk supergroup trio comprised of Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson (best known for his project Fruit Bats and stints with The Shins), and Josh Kaufman (instrumentalist and producer known for his work with Hiss Golden Messenger, Bob Weir, The National). Bonny Light Horseman will perform selections from their two-time Grammy nominated album of traditional folk songs with a contemporary twist, before Anaïs takes to the stage to share songs from her forthcoming album as well as from her back catalogue of audience-favorites on this unique, collaborative tour.
Generously supported by the Class of 1961 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance Fund and the Andrew J. Greenebaum 1984 Fund
Photo: courtesy of AMP Productions
Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell is a Vermont and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, and the Tony and Grammy award-winning creator of the Broadway musical Hadestown for which she wrote the book, music and lyrics. Hadestown won 8 Tony Awards overall including Best Musical as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Mitchell 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. Her recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown and Young Man in America, along with reinterpretations of traditional music including Child Ballads and Bonny Light Horseman.
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Bonny Light Horseman
The timeless qualities of traditional tunes can carry us across oceans and eons, linking us not only to the past but to each other as well. It was under the banner of those eternal connections that the trio of Bonny Light Horseman came together. From Wisconsin festival fields and a German art hub to a snowy upstate studio and everywhere in between, the astral folk outfit—comprised of Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson (best known for his project Fruit Bats and stints with The Shins), and Josh Kaufman (instrumentalist and producer known for his work with Hiss Golden Messenger, Bob Weir, The National)—is mixing the ancient, mystical medium of transatlantic traditional folk music with a contemporary, collective brush.
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“The most engaging, and in some ways, most original artist working in the field of new American folk music.”
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