Illinois XSUD builds on this non-traditional stringband's

builds on this non-traditional stringband's varied musical backgrounds for a wildly entertaining

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Illinois XSUD builds on this non-traditional stringband'sA 22 track anthematic tone poem to the Prairie State, emphatically answering the question, "Can a songwriter express the spirit of a state he's never called home?" Sufjan weaves various musical styles (jazz, funk, pop) and instrumental textures into a tapestry of persons famous, infamous, and anonymous, and places iconic, obscure, and ghostly. Myths, memories, and incidental anecdotes are swept up with symphonic flourishes. Implementing 25