A record that could only have been made by its creator
you can hear Jazz rhythm and timing while the instruments trade off solos like they are talking to each other
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The 10-track set cooks on songs of the day like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix
the "one time" and "one place" that 151a inhabited seems further than ever
Stevens, Sufjan - Illinois My Echo A record that could onlyA 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