Young Man in America is the follow-up to Anaïs Mitchells critically beloved folk opera Hadestown which received sensational reviews and landed Mitchell on numerous Best of 2010 lists in both the national and international press.Switching gears, Mitchell * here to a more traditional solo record, but those familiar with Hadestown will hear its overtones in Young Man. Its an epic, sprawling tale with characters leaping from the verses as they would from the pages of a novel. As a songwriter, Mitchell takes on the voices of different characters, men as well as women. Sometimes these voices speak in ornate, old-fashioned tongues - the language of British Isles balladry and the Old Testament.Mitchell once again enlisted the skills of Hadestown producer Todd Sickafoose.