Sufjan Stevens on 'Flint (For the unemployed and Underpaid)' : For many years our family was affected by a procession of economic burdens: we lived in our grandfather’s summer home without heat or insulation, bats lived in the walls, our father worked at the state park (later, doing construction, later, at Wal-Mart), there were six children, three grandchildren, a parade of pets and animals, mouths to feed. Our parents did the best they could with very little income and a few rolls of duct tape. In the winter, the windows were sealed with plastic, the house was lined with … read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Flint (For the unemployed and Underpaid)' : For many years our family was affected by a procession of economic burdens: … read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Flint (For the unemployed and Underpaid)' : For many years our family was affected by a procession of economic burdens: we lived in our grandfather’s summer … 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