Sufjan Stevens coming of age in “Carrie & Lowell”

Kelly McGarry | Wednesday, April 1, 2015

We could have guessed from the title, “Carrie & Lowell,” that Sufjan Stevens’s new album would be something deeply personal. The names Carrie and Lowell refer to Sufjan’s mother and stepfather, respectively, though the album focuses mainly on Sufjan’s mother, who was sporadically present in his life, and his complicated experience with her death in