Anaïs Mitchell (Hadestown, Bonny Light Horseman, Big Red Machine) has released the second single from her forthcoming new album today. “Brooklyn Bridge” finds Mitchell narrating what she calls “an unbearably romantic” trip over the Brooklyn Bridge colored by Bon Iver member Michael Lewis’ heartstring-tugging saxophone accompaniment.

Mitchell says, “Having left New York, I was able to write a love letter to it in a way I never could when I was living there,” she says. “It was like, fuck it. This is how I feel. There is nothing more beautiful than riding over one of the New York bridges at night next to someone who inspires you.”

Last month Anaïs Mitchell announced her first solo record in over a decade. The self-titled full-length will be available on January 28, 2022 via BMG. Produced by Josh Kaufman, the 10-song album also features core players including Kaufman, Michael Lewis, JT Bates, Thomas Bartlett and Aaron Dessner, with string and flute arrangements provided by Nico Muhly.

Mitchell previously shared the first single from the album, “Bright Star,” a song “about about looking back on years of restless pursuit and making peace with the source of that longing: the Muse, the Great Unknown, the One That Got Away — those things that motivate us that we never can touch.”

Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell
Tracklisting
BMG

Brooklyn Bridge
Bright Star
Revenant
On Your Way (Felix Song)
Real World
Backroads
Little Big Girl
Now You Know
The Words
Watershed

Anaïs Mitchell
Live Dates

US Headline Tour

1/26 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
1/27 – Los Angeles, CA – Ace Hotel
1/28 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
1/29 – Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre
1/30 – Stanford, CA – Bing Concert Hall
2/1 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
2/2 – Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC)
2/4 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Theatre
2/5 – Eau Claire, WI – Pablo Center at the Confluence
2/7 – Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
2/8 – Cincinnati, OH – Longworth-Anderson Series at Memorial Hall
2/10 – Springfield, OH- Kuss Auditorium
2/11- North Bethesda, MD – The Music Center at Strathmore
2/12 – Princeton, NJ – McCarter Theatre Center
2/14 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
2/15 – Hanover, NH – Hopkins Center for the Arts
2/16 – Tarrytown, NY – Tarrytown Music Hall
2/17 – Portland, ME – Merrill Auditorium
2/18 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
2/19 – Burlington, VT – Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
2/20 – Kingston, NY – Old Dutch Church
2/23 – Roanoke, VA – Jefferson Center
2/24 – Charlotte, NC – Knight Theater
2/26 – Athens, GA – Hugh Hodgson School of Music
2/27 – Auburn, AL – Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University
2/28 – Greenville, SC – The Peace Center
4/28 – Evanston, IL – Space
4/29 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
5/01 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
5/04 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
5/05 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall

UK/EU Tour
8/11 – Gothenburg, SE – Way Out West
8/27 – Buckinghamshire, UK – Towersey Festival
8/29 – Cork, IE – St Luke’s
8/30 – Dublin, IE – Pepper Canister Church
8/31 – Liverpool, UK – Philharmonic Music Hall
9/01- Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
11/3 – Berlin, DE – Lido
11/4 – Hamburg, DE – Mojo
11/8 – Paris, FR – Les Etoiles
11/9 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
11/11 – Manchester, UK – YES
11/12 – Glasgow, UK – St. Luke’s
11/13 – Newcastle, UK – Newcastle University Student Union
11/14 – Bristol, UK – Fleece
11/15 – London, UK – KOKO

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