Should you believe the Bon Iver hype?
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Last week Laura Barton in The Guardian banged on at length about Bon Iver, who I’d seen mentioned many times in my blog-trawls but hadn’t bothered investigating. Bon Iver is the stage name of Justin Vernon, and every article written about his album For Emma, Forever Ago is obliged to mention that he recorded it alone in a log cabin in Wisconsin after some personal strife.
Sounds a bit too good to be true as a biography for a singer-songwriter, dunnit? “Skinny Love” is one of his tracks that’s been getting a lot of attention recently; check him out performing it last year at The Bowery Ballroom in NYC over the page and make up your own mind.
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Your Question: Should the Hype be believed about Bon Iver?
Read this (it has the advantage of raising and answering the question):
http://www.reveillemag.com/features/artist-feature/bon-iver-believe-the-hype
and read this:
http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/laurabarton/story/0,,2256752,00.html
WHEN UNCONNECTED PEOPLE SPEAK FROM THE HEART ….IT ISN’T HYPE.
Justin is truly the most inspiring singer-songwriter out there presently. His melodies and lyrics convey the sense of harmonised existence.
Every time I listen to his music, which is almost constantly, I think of my days hunting in Alaska back in the mid 90s. The raw existence between man and nature. The simplicity of how life should be lived….in an uncomplicated fashion.
He’s stirring up the industry for sure.