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Bon Iver
Also Playing: The Daredevil Christopher Wright
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Drew Kieser
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Sarah Cass
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Sun Oct 11
8 pm
Bon Iver and The Daredevil Christopher Wright at The Riverside Theater
The backstory on For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon’s debut album under the name Bon Iver, reads like a musical version of Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild. Singer-songwriter Vernon holed up in his father’s cabin in northwestern Wisconsin for several months after a series of personal setbacks, including breakups with his band and girlfriend, and a lingering bout with mononucleosis that attacked his liver and kept him in bed for three months. The result is a set of hauntingly beautiful folk songs that make a quiet storm of Vernon’s spectral approach to songwriting and singing. Vernon followed up this year with his Blood Bank EP, which plays like a continuation (and last act of sorts) of For Emma, as well as Volcano Choir, his collaboration with Milwaukee's Collections Of Colonies Of Bees.
The Riverside Theater 116 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
The backstory on For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon’s debut album under the name Bon Iver, reads like a musical version of Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild. Singer-songwriter Vernon holed up in his father’s cabin in northwestern Wisconsin for several months after a series of personal setbacks, including breakups with his band and girlfriend, and a lingering bout with mononucleosis that attacked his liver and kept him in bed for three months. The result is a set of hauntingly beautiful folk songs that make a quiet storm of Vernon’s spectral approach to songwriting and singing. Vernon followed up this year with his Blood Bank EP, which plays like a continuation (and last act of sorts) of For Emma, as well as Volcano Choir, his collaboration with Milwaukee's Collections Of Colonies Of Bees.
Updated 09/29/2009
