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<title>Article : Q&amp;A: Sufjan Stevens</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:21:42 PST</pubDate>
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Listen to exclusive audio from this interview. Sometimes I don't even celebrate Christmas," says singer-songwriter and holiday anti-consumerist Sufjan Stevens, 31, who, paradoxically, just released a five-CD set, Songs for Christmas. He began the project in 2001 as an exercise in understanding yuletide songs, tinkering with arrangements of classics including "Silent Night" and "The Little Drummer Boy" and adding cheery originals such as "It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!" Like most of his...
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<p> <font size="+2">S</font>ometimes I don't even celebrate
Christmas," says singer-songwriter and holiday anti-consumerist
Sufjan Stevens, 31, who, paradoxically, just released a five-CD
set, Songs for Christmas. He began the project in 2001 as an
exercise in understanding yuletide songs, tinkering with
arrangements of classics including "Silent Night" and "The Little
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<title>Article : My List: Sufjan Stevens</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:21:52 PST</pubDate>
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Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther Stevens digs this "pastoral pop" record from the Fleetwood Mac-channeling Texas quintet: "It compels the listener to forget all the fussiness that goes into making an album." Francis Poulenc: Choral Music[Listen] The twentieth-century French composer and pianist was a "modern, worldly, experimental man with a soft spot for good church music," says Stevens. "These are gorgeous choral pieces." Various Artists: New Orleans Funk...
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<strong>Midlake</strong>: <em>The Trials of Van
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Stevens digs this "pastoral pop" record from the Fleetwood
Mac-channeling Texas quintet: "It compels the listener to forget
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<strong>Various Artists</strong>: <em>New Orleans Funk</em><br />
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<title>Album Review : Songs For Christmas</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:42:44 PST</pubDate>
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Review: Mixing humorously observed originals with carols roasted on an open fire and obscurities dug out of the piano bench, these five EPs (four originally intended as gifts for fans and friends) achieve a shade of pretty just right for a secular holiday with special meaning for adults who grew up associating "The First Noel" with presents. From an early "Amazing Grace" to a new "Holy, Holy, Holy," Steve...
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Songs For Christmas <br>
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Mixing humorously observed originals with carols roasted on an open
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<title>New Release : Songs For Christmas</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:05:56 PST</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:47:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>New Release : A Sun Came</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:05:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Listen to track: Come on! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition/Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream</title>
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Illinois <br>
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<title>Listen to track: They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!</title>
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<title>Listen to track: Chicago</title>
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<title>Listen to track: The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts</title>
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Illinois <br>
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Jacksonville <br>
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