Hymns for the Exiled

Anaïs Mitchell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Waterbug Records
• ASIN: B0002VGQOQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,404 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #34 in Music > Folk > Contemporary Folk > Alternative Folk

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, March 13, 2005

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B. Chavez "annodomini" (Laguna Niguel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hymns for the Exiled (Audio CD)

I have been listening to this CD non-stop since it arrived in my mailbox last week. Anais Mitchell uses her beautiful voice and music to spread the truth; her lyrics tell the very personal stories of ordinary people caught in a moment of our times--miners trapped in a flooded mine, a child seeing the "bad guys" on television, and Mitchell imagining her grandmother sewing a dress. The music feels honest and heartfelt partly because it is not overly produced and polished; it feels personal and intimate, like listening to Mitchell playing songs and telling stories in her kitchen. This CD is unusual because all the songs are perfect in their poetry and sound; every word and note holds you from start to end.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST CD I OWN, April 12, 2005

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Rui Jie (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hymns for the Exiled (Audio CD)

I cannot stop listening to Anais's music. At first I was going to get the 4 free downloads off her site and stick with just that, but after 2 weeks I was playing them on repeat so often that I broke down and bought it. Now I just play the whole CD on repeat. My favorite song is the first one.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant new songwriter, February 7, 2005

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Gary A. Martin (Assonet, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hymns for the Exiled (Audio CD)

Anäis blew me away when she played her two songs in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition in 2003. Turns out she blew everyone else away, too. At the age of 23, she was writing songs that can stand up alongside the best. The songs are mostly political in nature, but much more intellectual, cryptic, and subtle than is typical in that genre. Anäis' influences are the folk icons of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, but her experiences as a DJ on a college radio folk show and as daughter of 60s folkies give her folk roots that include traditional music that predates the 60s folk boom. I've had her perform twice as an opener in my house concert series and look forward to having her back to headline. Not since Dar Williams in 1994 have I been so impressed with a young singer/songwriter. This Waterbug CD release is simply brilliant.