The New Folk

Props to Dave B. for introducing me to Sufjan, and props to Henning for making me fall in love with his music.


A quotation from Sufjan that's really inspiring:

"I do have to reckon with the material I'm singing about.And I want to be responsible for what I'm singing about. But I can't be responsible for an entire culture, or an entire church. I can't be responsible for Christendom. I think that when people react reflexively to material that is religious, they're reacting to the culture of religion. And I think an enlightened person is capable, on some level, of making the distinction between the institution of the culture and the culture itself."