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Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of grand proportions. A preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated two state records (Michigan & Illinois), an electronic album for the animals of the Chinese zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit), a five-disc Christmas box set (Songs for Christmas), and a programmatic tone poem with film accompaniment for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a large-scale ensemble piece commissioned by BAM in 2007. More recently, Sufjan released two albums in 2010: a generous EP (All Delighted People) and the full length The Age of Adz, a collection of songs partly inspired by the outsider artist Royal Robertson. Born in Detroit and raised in the upper reaches of Northern Michigan, Sufjan attended Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, and the masters program for writers at the New School for Social Research. Sufjan currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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by Michael Major - December 14, 2021

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by TV News Desk - August 10, 2021

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by TV News Desk - July 09, 2021

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by TV News Desk - July 07, 2021

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by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 29, 2021

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by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 07, 2021

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by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 19, 2021

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by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 06, 2021

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