Turning now to the international, I recently read this brilliant article in the Guardian Online about Sufjan Stevens (pronounced SOOF-YAN). Sufjan's latest album was on the Best of 2010 lists of many blogs and mags, and deservedly so.
Sufjan is from Michigan, and while his music is sometimes called "Folk", I think this is only applicable in the sense that folk like his music. His music is expansive, expressive, deep, full of both orchestral splendour and sparsity. He plays a bit of banjo, guitar, drums, oboe and the lovely English horn.
The article can be read here. This dives into the mind of a creative genius, putting the rest of us not-so-genius masses to shame. Maybe all I needed was eccentric hippy parents who gave me toothbrushes made from recycled newspapers for Christmas.
One of my favourites off "The Age of Adz" (2010)
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