As the closing song to "Carrie & Lowell", “Blue Bucket of Gold” doesn’t offer much closure. Sufjan reaches out to his surroundings for support–his friends, his faith–and finds nothing of note. He closes the album musically in an aura of sombre lament and lyrically by pleading for a promise that someone will be there for him like his mother never was. The song gets its title from The Blue Bucket Mine, a lost rumored treasure site somewhere in the Oregon wilderness. Supposedly the gold or copper there was so abundant you could fill a blue bucket with it. As the discovery… read more
As the closing song to "Carrie & Lowell", “Blue Bucket of Gold” doesn’t offer much closure. Sufjan reaches out to his surroundings for … read more
As the closing song to "Carrie & Lowell", “Blue Bucket of Gold” doesn’t offer much closure. Sufjan reaches out to his surroundings for support–his friends, his faith–and fi… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimentalelectronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Though Stevens had announced plans to make an album for each of the 50 U.… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich song… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He ha… read more