Blog: Sauw Space

In 2005, a singer/songwriter by the name of Sufjan Stevens exploded onto the music scene with the release of an album called Illinois , the second step in a self-proclaimed effort to make an album for every state in the United States (already having checked off Michigan). Before it's release, Stevens had begun to quickly garner an avid following after having released a wealth of delicate and gripping, banjo-driven compositions that spanned over four albums from 2000-2004. With Illinois , Stevens shed some of his Christian-rock label by brilliantly chronicling much of the state's history through beautifully layered [...]