This is a gem of an album. The New York Times called For Emma, Forever Ago “irresistible,” and the reviewers on iTunes are raving about its poetic beauty. Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for “good winter” and spelled wrong on purpose) is basically musician Justin Vernon who recorded this intimate collection over the course of a winter at his father’s hunting cabin, deep in the Wisconsin woods. And it shows. You feel like you’re in the room as he sings “Skinny Love,” an exceptional track.