plus members of the Dick Cavett Orchestra
A dirty stylus gets between you and your music
the "one time" and "one place" that 151a inhabited seems further than ever
both songs that are drenched in the more traditional black metal style of raspy
A record that could only have been made by its creator
Stevens, Sufjan - Illinois My Echo plus members of the DickA 22 track anthematic tone poem to the Prairie State, emphatically answering the question, "Can a songwriter express the spirit of a state he's never called home?" Sufjan weaves various musical styles (jazz, funk, pop) and instrumental textures into a tapestry of persons famous, infamous, and anonymous, and places iconic, obscure, and ghostly. Myths, memories, and incidental anecdotes are swept up with symphonic flourishes. Implementing 25