Bon Iver is yet another American indie folkie outfit that are all the rage at the moment. Justin Vernon is the man and his current band is his most notable music project to date. The band now also consists of Mike Noyce and Sean Carey.
The name, Bon Iver, is a corruption of the French "bon hiver" (good winter). Vernon independently released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending three months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin.
Since then the album or singles have been name checked/ picked up etc by NPR in the USA, Triple J in Australia, Last FM in Britain. iTunes single of the week etc..
Recorded by NDR on September 26, 2008, during the Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, for the Eurosonic Partnership of the EBU.