Sufjan Stevens's Biography And Facts'

Sufjan Stevens has been appeared in channels as follow: Asthmatic Kitty Records, Pitchfork, David Dean Burkhart. Born 01 July, 1975 (48 years old). What is the zodiac sign of Sufjan Stevens ? According to the birthday of Sufjan Stevens the astrological sign is Cancer .

Sufjan Stevens Biography Facts

Sufjan Stevens has been appeared in channels as follow: Asthmatic Kitty Records, Pitchfork, David Dean Burkhart.

Born 01 July, 1975 (48 years old).

What is the zodiac sign of Sufjan Stevens ?
According to the birthday of Sufjan Stevens the astrological sign is Cancer .

Career of the Sufjan Stevens started in 1995 .

Sufjan Stevens Wiki

 American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Sufjan Stevens
Stevens performing at Pitchfork Music Festival, July 2016
Background information
BornJuly 1, 1975
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
GenresIndie folk baroque pop indie rock electronica
OccupationMusician singer-songwriter
InstrumentsVocals guitar banjo guitalin electronics keyboards woodwinds percussion
Years active1995–present
LabelsAsthmatic Kitty Sounds Familyre Orchard
Websitemusic.sufjan.com

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released eight solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Academy Award and Grammy Award nominations.

His debut album, A Sun Came, was released in 1999 on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he co-founded with his stepfather. He received wide recognition for his 2005 album Illinois, which hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the single "Chicago" from that album. Stevens later contributed to the soundtrack of the coming-of-age romantic drama film Call Me by Your Name . He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for the soundtrack's lead single, "Mystery of Love".

Stevens has released albums of varying styles, from the electronica of Enjoy Your Rabbit and the lo-fi folk of Seven Swans to the symphonic instrumentation of Illinois and Christmas-themed Songs for Christmas. He employs various instruments, often playing many of them himself on the same recording. Stevens' music is also known for exploring various themes, particularly religion and spirituality. Stevens' eighth studio album, The Ascension, was released in 2020.

 

Early life

Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of nine, when his family moved to Petoskey, in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. He was raised by his father Rasjid and his stepmother Pat, only occasionally visiting his mother, Carrie, in Oregon after she married her second husband Lowell Brams. Brams later became the head of Stevens' record label Asthmatic Kitty. His brother Marzuki Stevens is a former professional road runner. Stevens is of Lithuanian and Greek descent.

Stevens attended the Detroit Waldorf School, Petoskey High School and Interlochen Arts Academy, and graduated from Harbor Light Christian School. He then attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and then earned an MFA from The New School in New York City.

Sufjan is a Persian name, meaning "comes with a sword". It predates Islam and most famously belonged to Abu Sufyan, a figure from early Islamic history. The name was given to Stevens by the founder of Subud, an interfaith spiritual community to which his parents belonged when he was born.

 

Personal life

Stevens has resided in Upstate New York since 2019, before which he had lived in New York City for 20 years. He is a Christian. Stevens also stated in 2005 that he attended an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Church.

While in school, Stevens studied the oboe and English horn, which he plays on his albums. Stevens did not learn to play the guitar until his time at Hope College.

 

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Asthmatic Kitty Records, Pitchfork, David Dean Burkhart

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