''The Brightness'' is the third studio album by American folksinger

Anaïs Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell (; born March 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright. Mitchell has released eight studio albums, including '' Hadestown'' (2010), ''Young Man in America'' (2012),

, released February 13, 2007, on

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. It was recorded at The Bristmill in

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and produced by

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. In December 2012, the song 'Of a Friday Night' was played as the Weather on episode 12 of ''

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'', "The Candidate", but was mislabeled as 'The Brightness'. "Hades and Persephone" was included in Mitchell's musical

Hadestown ''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial underworl ...

, based on her studio album of the same name and retitled "How Long?"

Track listing

# Your Fonder Heart # Of a Friday Night # Namesake # Shenandoah # Changer # Song of the Magi # Santa Fe Dream # Hobo's Lullaby # Old-Fashioned Hat # Hades & Persephone # Out of Pawn

References

Anaïs Mitchell albums 2007 albums Righteous Babe Records albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub