Anais Mitchell : Young Man In America

2012 album from the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. Mitchell is as interested in the world around her as the one inside She has a way of tackling big themes with the same emotional intimacy most artists use to describe their inner lives. Ana?s Mitchell is not a man. She's a woman, quick to laugh and to a fan of Jane Austen and miniskirts. So it may catch a few listeners off-guard when Mitchell cries out, in the opening sequence of this album ''I'm a young man!'' And it may come as a surprise when, over the course of 11 songs, she seems to be channeling spirits from the Old Testament to modern America... but mostly, well, from the Y chromosome.