Carrie & Lowell, the new album from Sufjan Stevens, named after Stevens’ mother and stepfather, is a return to Stevens’ folk roots. Thematically the eleven songs address life and death, love and loss, and the artist’s struggle to make sense of the beauty and ugliness of love. Sufjan Stevens is a singer-songwriter currently living in Brooklyn, NY. And over and over again this prodigal genius manages to confound expectations, confirming his place as modern music’s most protean artist. According to the Sunday Times, Sufjan Stevens counts among the most interesting musicians in America right now.