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Sufjan Stevens News

Sufjan Stevens 'Age of Adz' tour trailer – video

Singer releases promo for finals dates of tour.

Sufjan Stevens suffered 'breakdown' while watching 'Fantastic Mr Fox'

Singer-songwriter speaks about 'supernatural' sensory illness

Sufjan Stevens announces May UK tour and ticket details

Singer playing seven UK shows, including The Great Escape

Sufjan Stevens reveals 'mysterious and debilitating health issues' stopped him working on new album

Singer-songwriter explains that he was unable to work for 'several months'

Sufjan Stevens-inspired ballet to open in New York

Performance based on the singer-songwriter's work will take place on November 5 and 6

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Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Play Video

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago

'Chicago' (or 'Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!') - track nine from 'Illinoise', the 2005 album by Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Play Video

Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

only had an album cover to fit it

For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti Play Video

For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti

Music Video for For The Widows In Paradise by Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Play Video

Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!

'Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (The World's Columbian Exposition/Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream)' - track three from 'Illinoise', the 2005 album by Sufjan Stevens

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Sufjan Stevens Reviews

Album Review: Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)

Album Review: Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)

For his first proper album in years, our favourite indie-folk weirdo tackles the apocalypse... of course

10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week - Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Bruce Springsteen

Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Bruce Springsteen

Album review: Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP (Asthmatic Kitty)

Long-awaited new material makes for a disappointingly flabby return

Album review: Sufjan Stevens - 'The BQE'

An ambitious offering that will keep the naysayers at bay

Sufjan Stevens: Frikirkjan Church, Reykjavik; Saturday November 18

A truly inspiring set by a truly inspiring musician in a truly inspiring venue. So it’s inspiring then…

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Sufjan Stevens Biography

Sufjan Stevens (born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album, Illinois, which hit number one in the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the song "Chicago".

Stevens has released albums of varying styles, from the electronica of Enjoy Your Rabbit and the lo-fi folk of Seven Swans to the symphonic instrumentation of Illinois and Christmas-themed Songs for Christmas. Stevens makes use of a variety of instruments, often playing many of them himself on the same recording, and writes music in various time signatures. Though he has repeatedly stated an intent to separate his beliefs from his music, Stevens also freely draws from the Bible and other spiritual traditions, incorporating mystical elements into his music often.

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Sufjan Stevens Lyrics

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Lyrics

I fell in love again
All things go, all things go
Drove to Chicago
All things know, all things know

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Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices Lyrics

It's been a long, long time since
I've memorized your face
It's been four hours now since
I've wandered through your place

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Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics

Golden rod and the 4-H stone
The things I brought you
When I found out you had cancer of the bone

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Sufjan Stevens - Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Lyrics

Come Thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise

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Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows In Paradise; For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti Lyrics

I have called you children, I have called you son
What is their to answer if I'm the only one?
Morning comes in paradise, morning comes in light
Still I must obey, still I must invite

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Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics

His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed
Folding John Wayne's t-shirts
When the swingset hit his head

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Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You Lyrics

I'd swim across lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes
I'd give my body to be back again
In the rest of the room

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Sufjan Stevens - Decatur Lyrics

Our step mom, we did everything to hate her
She took us down to the edge of Decatur
We saw the lion and the kangaroo take her
Down to the river where they caught a wild alligator

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Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice On You Lyrics

I can see a lot of life in you
I can see a lot of bright in you
And I think the dress looks nice on you
I can see a lot of life in you

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Sufjan Stevens - All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands Lyrics

If I am alive this time next year
Will I have arrived in time to share?
Mine is about as good this far

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