In an interview last year, Sufjan briefly mentioned Jimmy Scott. The Observer posted a longer piece by Sufjan about the influential jazz singer for their American legends series: "There's this joy that he has, a joyful presence. When he's singing he's so grateful to be there, and so alive.. He's just beautiful and unique." (0)

Eef Barzelay Gets High With A Sufjan Stevens Fan
February 23, 2010

Today Clem Snide release their latest album, The Meat Of Life, which includes the song “I Got High.” It starts off with the lyric, “I got high with a Sufjan Stevens fan in Normal, Illinois…”

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  Pitchfork news: "this year's Big Ears Festival [Knoxville, TN - Mar 27] will host a special performance of the new Clogs album The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton in its entirety. In the only currently scheduled performance of the album with all of its guest vocalists, Clogs will be joined by Sufjan Stevens, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of the National, and Shara Worden aka My Brightest Diamond." (1)

  On her portfolio site, Vesper recounts the story behind "the dream-fulfilling, the ecstasy inducing.. LuvInIdleness.. produced by Sufjan Stevens." Stereogum has the video premiere for "Singing Swords." And the downloadable lyric sheet and instructional video are available on Ben+Vesper's official site. (0)

The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton
February 8, 2010

Sufjan makes a guest appearance on The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton by Clogs, scheduled for release on Mar 2.

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  The National's Matt Berninger tells Pitchfork about cameos on the band's upcoming release: "Sufjan did something that we are going to keep on a song. He sang some weird little backing vocal melodies -- no words. It was on a song that had just the right sort of odd, creepy vibe... I'm pretty sure that the little Sufjan vocal thing is going to be in there. It really did something special with that song." (0)

Release Date Set For Ben + Vesper’s LuvInIdleness
January 22, 2010

Sounds Familyre will release Ben + Vesper’s LuvInIdleness on Feb 9th. Sufjan produced the EP.

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  Hype Machine took a novel approach to their end of year list by inviting "50 visual artists.. to create a new piece of work inspired by and including the band name" of the Top 50 frequently blogged about artists of 2009. Sufjan came in #39 on the list and was illustrated by Patrick Moberg. (0)

Purity Of Heart Is To Will One Thing
December 30, 2009

The Welcome Wagon recently released Purity Of Heart Is To Will One Thing, a benefit EP available exclusively at iTunes.

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Christmas Mysteries Of The Chicken McNuggets..
December 25, 2009

…as explained by macrobiotic star people and Aunt Harriet’s magic Ouija board

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