Happy 40th Birthday Anaïs Mitchell (Watch “Why We Build The Wall” Live)

Happy 40th birthday today to the talented Anaïs Mitchell (born 5/6/81) who over the course of the last 18 years has released seven albums that reach the depths of the folk tradition, while reinventing the possibilities of what a singer-songwriter can achieve on stage and on record. Her fourth album Hadestown was adapted into a theatrical version that remains on Broadway and won Tony Award for Best Musical and Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2019, among six other Tony Awards. Most recently she collaborated with Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kauffman as the superlative folk trio Bonny Light Horseman. Watch Mitchell perform “Why We Build The Wall” on Live From Here With Chris Thile…

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