Sufjan Stevens
If I Could Turn Back Time
William Dart's theme is the old bogey of time, with music by artists from the Vienna Art Orchestra, Sufjan Stevens, The Furrow Collective and Franz Schubert to a new album from Gillian Welch and David… Audio
Sufjan Stevens: Resilience and Vulnerability
Sufjan Stevens' new release, Javelin, has provoked William Dart to a week of deep immersion in the American's earlier music to find out just where his new elegiac songs fit in. Audio
The Sampler: Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine, deepState, Torres
Tony Stamp delves into a movie-themed collaboration between American singer-songwriters Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, two dance floor-focused EPs from Tāmaki producer deepState, and an… Audio
Music with Kirsten Johnstone
Kirsten joins Kathryn to share some music from Sufjan Stevens and Arlo Parks. She'll also pay tribute to prolific and diverse musician Reuben Winter, who died this week at the age of 26. Audio
Planetarium: an interplanetary sonic adventure
William Dart enjoys a new interplanetary sonic adventure devised by Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens, titled "Planetarium" Audio
Sufjan Stevens: illness, death and faith
Kim Hill talks to songwriter and performer Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, Carrie & Lowell, was inspired by the death of his mother. He and his band will play those songs and selections from his… Audio
So Laid Back Country China
Glacially paced Wellington alt-country foursome So Laid Back Country China have just released their debut album, With Knees of Honey in Goodbye Canyon. Emma Smith talks to co-vocalists Harriet Ferry… Audio
Series One Final Flurry
William Dart wraps up his first series for the year with a miscellany: Brian Wilson, Annie Lennox, Don McGlashan, Nathan Haines, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes, David Ackles and Robin Tritschler Audio
The Sampler: Laura Marling, Sufjan Stevens, Kiasmos
Nick Bollinger reviews a new album from the prolific Laura Marling, and an electronic suite from Icelandic electronicists Kiasmos, while Kirsten Johnstone discusses a stripped-back and personal set… Audio
Sufjan Stevens
'Age of Adz' and the EP that preceded it by a few weeks 'All Delighted People' were the first songs from Sufjan Stevens since the 2005 concept album 'Illinoise'. But instead of the usual narrative… Audio