Bon Iver

Bon Iver is one of Big Frank's favorite musicians now. He has put out some beautiful haunting CD's recently: "For Emma, Forever Ago" and "Bon Iver". He has a distinctive voice, melodies that lift, musical brilliance in how he orchestrates his music, and lyrics that are truly poetic - not just in their resonant fullness, but also in the musical way that he plays with the sounds of words to create from them their own accompanying harmony. Here are some examples (say the words and listen to the way they sing).

Here from the above song, "Flume", the maroon/flume goes right to the moon.

"Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon ...

Lapping lakes like leery loons
Leaving rope burns, reddish ruse"

Here from "Re: Stacks"

"On your back with your racks as the stacks as your load
In the back and the racks and the stacks of your load
In the back with your racks and you're un-stacking your load"

Here, from the song "Calgary" a beautiful poetic passage.

"So itʼs storming on the lake
Little waves our bodies break

There's a fire going out,
But there's really nothing to the south

Swollen orange and light let through
Your one piece swimmer stuck to you

Sold, I'm ever
Open ears and open eyes
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh the demons come, they can subside"

And here he is in full production: