Sufjan Stevens: I heard of this musician several years ago, as I was rather curious about the upcoming "folk revival" genre. This is another artist that was not produced by a large label, in fact, his father helped him start the recording label "Asthmatic Kitty" in 1999.
Curious enough the label was named after one of their cats named "Sara".
I was introduced to the album "Illinois" back in 2005. The tracks of music would later be called "Album of the Year" by several media resources (Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Pitchfork, to name a few).
So what makes this music so special? Very casually I did what anyone would do, I put this unassuming CD into my car stereo. When the first track started, everything in me paused to feel those piano notes slip under my skin. To perform miracles on a cellular level. If music can rewrite your DNA so that you just might have faith again in something beautiful, then you should listen.
But some days it's not enough to listen to music with your ears. Just as it's not enough to hear anything with the fine mechanics of organic ear drums. I think some things should only be processed by your soul... with your whole being.
That is not to say, I enjoyed every song on the album. The whole CD is in fact 14 new flavors of ice cream. You cant expect to like everything! Yet the experience of knowing something so special and unique, leaves you grateful longer than you expected.
Note: These are not his official music videos. They are however his songs.
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