the lakes of canada and beyond

Sufijan Stevens - The Lakes of Canada, in Cincinnati, Ohio

Lykke Li - Dance, Dance, Dance, in San Francisco, California

Andrew Bird - Weather Systems, in Montmartre, Paris

I came across this series of "Take away shows" broadcasted on YouTube from the collective music weblog, La Blogotheque from France the other day (via Curio + Abyss). Much like art, I like music that bends your ear a bit, like playing an instrument unconventionally (as in the Andrew Bird one where he plays his violin like a guitar as does Sufijan Stevens play his banjo). So just for a change of pace I thought it might be fun to throw these into the mix here. And also Swedish born singer- songwriter Lykke Li (just because).