Born: 1 / 7 / 1975
Location: United States
Sufjan Stevens ( SOOF-yahn; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nominations.
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"I woke up one morning and couldn’t walk. My hands, arms and legs were numb and tingling and I had no strength, no feeling, no mobility."
When first faced with his own celebrity, Sufjan Stevens responded with a left-field masterclass that today turns ten years old..
Plus all the rest of the winners.
"Revisits the original material a little too closely."
"Stevens and his prodigiously talented ensemble deliver a near-faultless display of aural and visual splendour"
"An aural rollercoaster keeping fans right on the edge of their seat before plunging back into an eerie calm."
"We're hypnotised and on the verge of panic. And then the roller coaster stops. We're spent."
"The room is dark while blue spotlights swirl around as Stevens and co repeat: "We are all gonna die.""
Sorry Sydney fans who missed out; yay for Ngaiire!
"It kind of taught me something about our desire to interpret and explain and make sense of tragedy."