Wired - Issue 14.12 - December 2006
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Music
Sufjan Stevens
Songs for Christmas
With exquisite arrangements of banjo, flute, oboe, and sleigh bells, our favorite folk-orchestral geek revitalizes the standards and offers 17 inspirational originals in this 42-song box set. Roll over, Bing Crosby, and tell Irving Berlin the news: Post-ironic yuletide sincerity is the new vintage schmaltz.
- S.L.
Sufjan Stevens
Songs for Christmas
With exquisite arrangements of banjo, flute, oboe, and sleigh bells, our favorite folk-orchestral geek revitalizes the standards and offers 17 inspirational originals in this 42-song box set. Roll over, Bing Crosby, and tell Irving Berlin the news: Post-ironic yuletide sincerity is the new vintage schmaltz.
- S.L.