{"id":584,"date":"2015-09-07T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T18:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2015-09-14T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T10:07:37","slug":"sufjan-stevens-colston-hall-bristol-6th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Sufjan Stevens \u2013 Colston Hall , Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>A dazzling show from the man of many styles<br \/>\n<\/b>Bristol Colston Hall, 06\/09\/2015<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What a show!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Baroque , psychedelia, folk , electronica , indie , it had everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Commencing with a complete performance of his latest highly regards album <i>Carrie And Lowell<\/i> \u00a0Sufjan was supported by a band of multi instrumentalists, including female vocalist Dawn Landes.\u00a0The album \u2013 a personal reflection of memories , experiences and relationships \u2013 deserved and obtained undivided attention, holding the audience spellbound. The beautifully crafted fragile songs, tackling sorrow and grief, were executed and delivered against a backdrop of home movies making the songs even more poignant if they could possibly be so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The audience listened in silence to a masterclass of what you would term a \u201csuite\u201d of music rather than a set of songs. Sufjan is undoubtedly the Brian Wilson of a modern age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was only after the completion of <i>Carrie And Lowell<\/i> that he then took the opportunity to converse with the audience, seeming genuinely humbled by the deserved standing ovations and rapturous applause from all corners of the hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Accompanied by a fantastic group of musicians and the haunting vocals of Dawn Landes he then preceded to cover a variety of gorgeous songs from various albums including \u2018The Age Of Adz\u2019, \u2018All Delighted People\u2019 and in his words \u201cMy Murder Ballad, \u2018John Wayne Gacy , JR\u2019 from <i>Illinois<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After another standing ovation and encore a wonderful show came to an end, leaving you feeling you had been a part of something very special.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Mark Roberts<\/b><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F584&#038;t=Sufjan%20Stevens%20%E2%80%93%20Colston%20Hall%20%2C%20Bristol&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F584&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2Fimage4.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Sufjan%20Stevens%20%E2%80%93%20Colston%20Hall%20%2C%20Bristol\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F584&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Sufjan%20Stevens%20%E2%80%93%20Colston%20Hall%20%2C%20Bristol&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F584\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dazzling show from the man of many styles Bristol Colston Hall, 06\/09\/2015 What a show! Baroque , psychedelia, folk , electronica , indie , it had everything. Commencing with a complete performance of his latest highly regards album Carrie And Lowell \u00a0Sufjan was supported by a band of multi instrumentalists, including female vocalist Dawn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-sufjan-stevens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}