MUSIC BORN OF THE SOLITARY COLD

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 The name “Bon Iver” was born in singer-songwriter Justin Vernon´s mind whilst watching an episode of `Northen Exposure´, in which the inhabitants of Cicely take to the streets in order to wish each other a good winter (or, as the French would have it, a “bon hiver”) . Vernon watched this series, set in Anchorage (Alaska), during a secluded period spent in a cabin in the woods of Wisconsin; a period of self-enforced isolation which began after breaking up with his partner, breaking up with his band (DeYarmond Edison), and falling ill with mononucleosis of the liver. During these three months, Vernon piled up musical instruments in his log-cabin, and wrote beautiful melodies, to which, step by step, he added lyrics tinged with sadness which evoked the loneliness he felt during those cold winter months. Those demos, more or less intact, became the songs of the CD “For Emma, Forever Ago”. Bon Iver has promised that he will keep making records without the help of engineers or producers. The only assisstance that he has accepted so far has been that of Sean Carey and Mike Joyce, who usually join him for live performances. The recently released “Blood Bank” offers four new songs.