Sufjan Stevens on 'Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie' : Long ago a great famine spread over the land. A mother bear and two famished cubs walked the shore on Wisconsin, gazing across the great lake at Michigan, the land of plenty. Finally hunger overcame their timidness and the bears launched out, to swim to Michigan. As they approached the shore, the mother’s words of encouragement urged on the weary cubs. With only twelve miles to go, the mother’s heart was rent as she saw one cub sink and drown. She struggled to gain the beach with the remaining cub behind her. After two… read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie' : Long ago a great famine spread over the land. A mother bear and two famished cubs wa… read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie' : Long ago a great famine spread over the land. A mother bear and two famished cubs walked the shore on Wisconsin, gazing a… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimentalelectronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Though Stevens had announced plans to make an album for each of the 50 U.… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich song… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He ha… read more