sufjan on brinkley, ak
Sufjan Stevens wrote a song about Brinkley, Arkansas at the request of some people at NPR. Together the song and interviews with locals makes a nice story, which was broadcast on NPR and can be heard here. Much of it centers around the town and its economy and the recent discover of a woodpecker near there that was thought extinct since 1944.
One can listen to the NPR piece and download the song at the NPR site. I think the song might only be available for download for a short time so download it now.
July 7th, 2005 at 11:02 am
Sweet holy crap. That’s a good song. And a good interview, for that matter.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
[…] I was listening again to NPR’s story about Brinkley, AR and the Ivory Billed Woodpecker (and the associated “Lord God Bird” song by Sufjan, I’ve posted about it before) tonight. It got me thinking (and I’ve thought before… […]