Sunday, 8 May 2011
Wedding Song, Anais Mitchell ft. Bon Iver
The introduction to Mitchell's 'folk-opera', an album which sets the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against Depression era America. She evokes the both the mythical and 30's America through some really careful arrangements and some beautiful instrumentation, and after hearing her in interviews, she's perhaps one of the most passionate musicians I've ever heard. Wedding Song is the introduction to this album, as the couple get married. Bon Iver playing the role of Orpheus, as the slightly more cynical Eurydice played by Mitchell herself.
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Brilliant collaboration! That track has a haunting start, doesn't it? Mitchell, and Iver for that matter, have two of the most passionate voices out there. They can musically tell a story with ease.
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