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Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas

by Nicholas T. Batzig 17 December 2009 4 Comments

If you like interesting renditions of classic Christmas hymns and fun Christmas melodies, you will love Sufjan (pronounced ‘Sue-faan’) Stevens’ Songs for Christmas.You can listen to sample tracks here.

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  • Robert Murphy said:

    I also highly recommend “Ordinary Time” ( http://ordinarytimemusic.com ). They’re three Southerns who met at Regent and discovered each others Old Time Folk talent.

  • Timothy Dietz said:

    Suef-yaan is a more accurate pronunciation. You need that y sound in there.

  • John Stebbe said:

    Nick, my 18-year-old son loves Sufjan. He’s got several of his albums, from iTunes. Sometimes we play them in the car — they are always very interesting songs and arrangements. The tracks are so highly produced — I wonder how may instruments are ‘loops’ and how many are real humans playing. My son says that Sufjan plays all the instruments, but I have my doubts.

  • Nate said:

    Nick, you can listen to the entire collection of Songs for Christmas at xmas.asthmatickitty.com

    There is also a smorgasbord of other materials on the site by Sufjan’s record label. Lastly, I think Sufjan’s name is pronounced more like this: SOO-fee-yawn. It’s said quickly though.

    Merry Christmas!

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