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Anais Mitchell

Vermont-born folk artist Anais Mitchell celebrates the release of her debut recording for Righteous Babe Records this Friday (Feb. 16) at Neitszche’s beginning at 10pm. The CD, Brightness, showcases Mitchell’s lyrical talent with more than a nod to her formative influence, Ani DiFranco. Similarities aside, Mitchell is a force of her own, with an ambition to rival DiFranco’s: A winter tour to promote the album kicks off in Buffalo and will take her all the way to the UK and back again. In the meantime, Mitchell is staging a folk-opera, based on the myth of Hades and Eurydice, and living life as a 25-year old who has been compared to Dylan and Leaonard Cohen, among other songwrting geniuses. She’s certainly rising to the occasion. RBR labelmate Michael Meldrum and Jessica Kern open the show at 9pm.