Tweet I’ve been a big fan of Anaïs Mitchell for quite a while now. She recently did three shows in the Pacific Northwest as a special guest of the Portland Cello Project. Apparently they learned the Sesame Street song “If Moon Was Cookie” because they thought PBS was going to be taping them. PBS postponed, […]
Tweet I’d like to introduce you to Rachel Ries and Anaïs Mitchell. I’ve mentioned them in passing a few times on this blog but especially in Rachel’s case never really properly which is a shame and quite selfish of me honestly. So without further ado, here they be: Now imagine them singing to you… Yes, […]
Tweet I’ve been hearing about Anaïs Mitchell’s folk opera Hadestown in bits and pieces for quite a while now – starting from the last time she came to Cafe Paradiso and then in subsequent email and website updates. Folk music, theatre AND a reworked myth (Orpheus) all in one? Sounds like my kind of heaven, […]
Tweet It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina broke through the levees in New Orleans.Catie Curtis’ song People Look Around was meant to raise awareness for the situation – looks like we still need it. You can download a karaoke version on Catie’s site if you want to get out there and sing it too! […]