Sufjan Stevens
// September 24th, 2008 // Art, Music & Poetry
I just discovered Sufjan Stevens- an American folk artist whose deeply enchanting voice tempts the ear, but whose work cuts deeply through the empty gloss of the balladic singer-songwriter. He sings folk about Jesus, about serial killers, about UFOs and cancer and Chicago, about US representatives to the United Nations and allusions of some Rock River Valley. I think I’m about three years behind the indie kids on this one, but it’s way too beautiful to be too cool. Below are a couple of tracks that are at once gorgeously light and seriously heavy.
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Sufjan was a guest of the Sydney Festival in January this year. They decided he would host his show in the royal bliss of the State Theatre. Velvet chairs, chandeliers, uniformed ushers who guided you to your seat in an environment fit for an opera. He played three straight nights. It was tre awesome.