Bon Iver Performs “Skinny Love” at SXSW 2008

Listen to the full concert: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88161899

On “For Emma, Forever Ago,” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sings in a heartbreaking falsetto. Meanwhile, his backing band provides a comforting wash of gently strummed guitars, set against distant atmospherics and layered harmonies that echo through the ether. Here he sings “Skinny Love.”