Pitchfork is reporting that Sufjan Stevens will join Philip Glass at his annual Tibet House Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall. Nawang Khechog, who makes meditation music that was used in Brad Pitt’s Seven Years in Tibet, and Brazilian pop star Marisa Monte are also lined Read More
Brooklyn Vegan tells us that tonight’s Sufjan Stevens show at Southpaw is cancelled.
I hear it’s the flu…
Due to unforeseeable circumstances, tonight’s show has been canceled. Please stay tuned for details about a rescheduled show.At least now there’s more time to work on that Christmas Read More
Greg Sandow, the classical music critics and composer over at ArtsJournal, has been pondering how Sufjan Steven’s BQE performance at BAM is changing the face of classical music. “Why shouldn’t shows like this be part of the future of orchestras?” he wrote last week.
Yes, this isn’t the Read More
Sufjan Stevens, fresh from The BQE glow, is making a Christmas CD and you’ll could win the rights to one of his songs!
It’s "The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange"! And those Asthmatic Kitty cats explain it much better than I ever could, Read More
Folk poster boy Sufjan Stevens will debut his orchestral piece The BQE at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival next week. The shows on Nov. 1-3 are sold out, but this Sunday, Oct. 28, from 7 to 8 p.m., Mr. Stevens will preview some of his orchestral work on David Garland’s radio show Read More
You’re not likely to hear a Sufjan Stevens song floating out of the tinny hidden speakers next time you step into an elevator or a waiting room, but it wouldn’t be surprising to catch some of his music playing at the coffeehouse or spliced between segments on NPR. Despite his serious artistic ambitions and undeniable Read More
You’re not likely to hear a Sufjan Stevens song floating out of the tinny hidden speakers next time you step into an elevator or a waiting room, but it wouldn’t be surprising to catch some of his music playing at the coffeehouse or spliced between segments on NPR. Despite his serious artistic ambitions and undeniable Read More
Brooklyn’s favorite son
How does does your unknown band get to open for indie-rock messiah Sufjan Stevens? According to a press release penned by the young legend himself, it doesn’t hurt to be his “Brooklyn neighbor”–though band-mate and “close friend” are helpful as well. (Mr. Stevens hails from un-hip Kensington).
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Hipsters can’t claim to have made any amazing discoveries in 2005, but it did feel healthy to go through the whole year without a hyped-to-death debut. It was a time for precocious youngsters to consolidate early gains and for veterans to return to form, return with a different focus or just return, period. What follows Read More
Sufjan Stevens’ SevenSwans (SoundsFamilyre).Withlast year’s Greetings From Michigan ,Mr. Stevens-his first name is pronounced “Soof-yahn”-was hailed by many critics as the second coming of Elliott Smith. Little did they know that Smith would actually need a second coming. Influenced by Jim O’Rourke andStereolab,Mr. Stevens rooted complex harmonies and unusual time signatures in a Northern folk Read More
