Iver's

With their inherent drama, influenced by French chanson , his new songs could be easily rearranged for vocalists as varied as Chris Isaacs, Raul Malo or Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; the late Roy Orbison would have had much to choose from had he the chance to explore the Condon canon.

The Heart of Beirut's Brass Melancholia Jim Fusilli 2011

And so in more recent years I've felt it on hearing Cat Power singing I Found a Reason, or the strings on M Ward's Poison Cup, or Bon Iver's lines: "Only love is all maroon/ Gluey feathers on a flume."

How music can reach out and touch us 2011

As convenient as it was for commentators to be able to tie a backstory to Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma Forever Ago – man breaks up with girl; man retreats to Wisconsin lodge to kill deer and make sad album – Vernon and his music have proved unwilling to stay pinned under glass, forever replaying the musical highlights of a doomed relationship.

This week's new live music 2011

However good it was in there, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon couldn't stay in his log cabin for ever.

This week's new live music 2011

Birdy is the brilliantly named Jasmine van den Bogaerde, a 15-year-old singer and pianist she started playing when she was six who came to people's attention in January with her scarily accomplished cover of Bon Iver's heartbreakingly sparse Skinny Love.

First sight: Birdy 2011

Inspired by Raghan Iver's 660 Curries, which I have writted about before, I finally picked up black chickpeas (kaala chana) at Jungle Jim's and had been looking for a use for them.

Archive 2008-10-01 Laura 2008

Inspired by Raghan Iver's 660 Curries, which I have writted about before, I finally picked up black chickpeas (kaala chana) at Jungle Jim's and had been looking for a use for them.

Tried & Tasted: Mahanandi's Kadala Curry Laura 2008

RAZ: You can hear plenty more of Bon Iver's music, including two entire live concerts at nprmusic. org.

Bon Iver On 'Blood Bank' (And An Unlikely Hit) 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 · 1. Watching Lula, cat #3, tear through the apartment and accidentally smash into the radiator TWICE 2. Listening to the beauty that is Bon Iver's album "For Emma, Forever Ago" 3. That readings of my palm say that I will have a long and robust life 4. Coconuts and swallows and Monty Python 5. Cooking myself a simple lunch that I can share with the cats

Grace In Small Things: Part 94 of 365 2009

I am listening to Bon Iver's amazing album "For Emma, Forever Ago".

This Thursday's Made For Meme-ing 2009