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Sufjan Stevens: 'I’m not really in any state of mind or any position to go on tour yet'

Sufjan Stevens was left devastated in April 2023 after his partner Evans Richardson died and he also struggled with ill-health the same year after being diagnosed with the rare neurological condition Guillain-Barré Syndrome but he says he is doing "okay".

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Royal Ballet to perform Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go, with music by Sufjan Stevens

Director Kevin O’Hare announces staging of NYCB choreographer Peck’s 2014 piece, as well as new works by Akram Khan and Cathy Marston

The Guardian - UK

“Some thought it inspired; others heard an epic train wreck… His palette broadened, the songs lengthened, the lyrics became more personal”: The prog credentials of Sufjan Stevens’ The Age Of Adz

After a long illness and the admission that his promise of writing an album about each State of the US had been a gimmick, he wobbled then reset with 2010 album that’s a prog-tinged curio

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"I didn’t really have the mental capacity to write my own music. This stuff felt wholesome and pure and safe": Sufjan Stevens on producing John Legend's album of children's music

My Favorite Dream was released August 30

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12 of the best folk and indie songs to test your system

The folk and indie genres are wide-ranging, with beautifully intricate and subtle compositions, heartfelt vocals and emotive atmospheres that deserve a great quality system to truly shine.

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Q&A: John Legend on his ambitious children's album, 'My Favorite Dream,' and new single, 'L-O-V-E'

Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory

The Independent UK

Illinoise review – brilliant story of loss, grief and reconciliation

Dreamlike logic and exceptional choreography make this wordless interpretation of Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois album a deserving winner of a Tony award

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New York City Ballet’s Justin Peck: ‘Trump’s win changed the whole arc of the piece’

Ahead of a London show, the choreographer talks about his new Sufjan Stevens musical, community in dance, and how election results can affect his moves

The Guardian - UK

PTV Playlists: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

Here are PEDESTRIAN.TV's picks for the best albums released in 2023: including Caroline Polachek, Olivia Rodrigo, Sufjan Stevens and more.

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The 10 best indie albums of 2023

Returning superstars, bright young things and cult heroes ensured that 2023 was a banner year for indie

Louder

‘A reminder that life has to be lived’: the lyrics that got us through 2023

A new Youth Music survey said that 93% of young people use lyrics as a therapeutic tool for mental health. Our writers share the lines they kept close this year

The Guardian - UK

Sufjan Stevens: Javelin review – US indie folk hero hits every target

The singer-songwriter’s 10th album fuses his acoustic and electronic impulses to stunning effect

The Guardian - UK

From Golda to Frasier: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Helen Mirren portraying the Israeli prime minister or the Seattle shrink revisiting Boston, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Sufjan Stevens dedicates new album to his ‘beloved’ late partner Evans Richardson

American singer-songwriter rarely comments on his personal life

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The Independent UK

Sufjan Stevens review, Javelin: Still finding beauty in the strangest and loneliest places

Each song operates less like the smoothly thrown javelin of the title and more like dandelion clocks plucked by Stevens, who carefully rotates them to admire their complexity

The Guardian - UK

Sufjan Stevens: Javelin review – the triumphant culmination of an unpredictable career

Deceptively simple songs burst into epic passages and walls of sound, with lyrical twists to match, in a remarkable album released as its creator recovers from an autoimmune condition

Chicago Sun-Times

Sufjan Stevens relearning how to walk after Guillian-Barre Syndrome treatment

Singer-songwriter of ‘Chicago’ says he’s undergoing ‘intensive physical therapy/occupational therapy’

Evening Standard

Singer Sufjan Stevens unable to walk after rare nerve disease diagnosis

The singer explained what had happened in a lengthy Instagram post

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The Independent UK

Sufjan Stevens is ‘learning to walk again’ after rare autoimmune disease suddenly left him immobile

‘I had no strength, no feeling, no mobility,’ US indie-folk singer revealed

The Independent UK

Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized

Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press

The Guardian - UK

Sufjan Stevens ‘learning to walk again’ after autoimmune disease diagnosis

US musician in rehabilitation after contracting potentially life-threatening Guillain-Barré syndrome

The Independent UK

Fall music releases: Pop powerhouses, country classics, hip-hop heavyweights and beyond

Music fans, it is time to bid adieu to the sunny, slow summer months

Guitar World

Gossamer tremolo picking and the stuff of Phrygian nightmares: This week's essential guitar tracks

Unmissable new songs from Fiddlehead, HotWax, Guns N’ Roses, Emily Wolfe, Born of Osiris, Babymetal ft. Tom Morello, CLT DRP, and more

Wales Online

Exclusive new editions of 40 iconic albums launched for vinyl week

Artists include Sam Fender, Bob Dylan, Gary Numan, Avril Lavingne and The Jam

The Independent UK

Tommy Prine doesn't dodge his father's legacy but makes his own way in compelling debut

Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine is poised to release a promising debut album that neither runs from nor depends heavily on his father’s legacy

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