Moses Sumney performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 13, 2017 (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR) Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR hide caption
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Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs at Coachella in 2019. The band's latest album, The Slow Rush, is due out in February. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Eva Noblezada, who plays Eurydice, and the Broadway cast of Hadestown. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of Hadestown, The Musical hide caption
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If you look closely, Reignwolf's guitar is plugged in. Newport's 1965 crowd would not be pleased. Dana Yavin hide caption
Jason Isbell performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. Meagan Beauchemin for NPR hide caption
Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer's new collaborative album is titled Child Ballads. Jay Sansone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer perform the ancient ballad "Tam Lin" at the 2013 Folk Alliance International Conference in February. Folk Alley hide caption
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Anais Mitchell On Mountain Stage
Listen Now: Anais Mitchell On Mountain Stage
Anais Mitchell has a penchant for storied poetry and a deep reverence for the expressiveness of folk music. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anaïs Mitchell On World Cafe
The Virginia-based singer-songwriter performed on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption
Anais Mitchell On Mountain Stage
Anais Mitchell's folk opera Hadestown enlists the services of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon as Orpheus. courtesy of the artist hide caption
If It's True
The desolate journey of Orpheus is now a folk opera written by singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell. Emma Gluckman hide caption