Sufjan Stevens - Come on feel the Illinois
He seems to contribute to a whole lot of other projects/artists as well. I would go on naming them, but it is far too much for my lazy self, and mostly because I haven't a clue who all the artists are. He's also done a few mentionable covers. He's covered Tim Buckleys "She Is", Daniel Johnstons "Worried Shoes" and The Star Spangled Banner. Although, it he added whole new verse and rearranged the melody.
As far as the 50 states project goes, the next states are speculated to be Rhode Island, Oregan or Minnesota.
Anyway this is an artist I'm definitly going to be looking further into. I love what I've heard so far and I hope others here will like it too.
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Yeah, that Serena-Maneesh record he was on was alright, even though he was only on like one song. It was like the bastard child of My Bloody Valentine and The Velvet Underground (although, obviously, not quite as good as either).
As for the 50 states thing, I really doubt he's gonna follow through with the whole thing, since it mostly just sounded like something he mentioned as a joke in an interview that people thought he was serious about.
Of his many guest spots, one you should check out is his appearance playing piano on Boxer by The National. Great stuff.
Yeah, this album got huge when it came out. I prefer Seven Swans though.
It's unlikely that he'll do all 50 states but who knows!
Over-rated!
He's got about two or three good songs (out of 15-20) on each CD. I must say, though, that I absolutely love his Christmas classic, "Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!".
I think Texas was one of them. I can't remember the others.
there's no doubt though that behind his pseudo-christian style that he's got originality.