'The telling of stories is a really powerful kind of activism—it allows you to empathize, to put yourself in others’ shoes.' In which anaismitchell talks to EmilySernaker about hadestown:
Thirteen years ago, the folk singer Anaïs Mitchell was driving down the road when an idea for a song popped into her head. It was the chorus to “Wait for Me,” with lyrics that reminded her of a Greek myth, perhaps something Orpheus would sing to Eurydice.
She took me on tour and gave me all these opportunities maybe before I deserved them. And she heard a very early bootleg ofin Vermont, and said, “Righteous Babe Records can help you make the record.” She agreed to sing the role of Persephone before anyone else got on board. That was huge, to put that kind of faith into the project. One thing I love about music—I was actually just writing this for the liner notes of ourcast record—is it’s weightless. It’s not a product you hold in your hand.
I heard that on your first call with Rachel Chavkin you told her, “This is a poetry piece not a prose piece.” There’s a level of trust that you have to have with the audience … that they’re going to go with it and participate in the poetry as well. That’s a delicate balance. I think that something about poetry and music speaks to us in intuitive ways and goes beyond the linear mind. These images have been reverberating for centuries and you feel them work on you in ways that go beyond what your mind can understand.
The telling of stories is a really powerful kind of activism—it allows you to empathize, to put yourself in others’ shoes. I’m thinking about that Bruce Springsteen song “The River.” That’s such a beautiful song. How can you not empathize with this young working class kid’s life straightjacketed by his circumstances? So in my writing turned toward the question: “What stories can I tell?” Definitely Leonard Cohen. That stuff is just miraculous.
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