This is the debut album from the 2003 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Award winner Anaïs Mitchell. Her songs display a clear awareness of the world around her and within her, and of the connections between those worlds."Political and poetic, personal and universal, Anaïs Mitchell"s work is my latest obsession. Look for her influence on my next project." - Jonathan Byrd."Mitchell fuses American roots music with a well-honed poetic sensibility and broad cultural and political understanding." - Andrew Calhoun.