Iron & Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" Alkaline Trio Crafting the music and bringing

Crafting the music and bringing the workhorse/powerhouse ethic are JEFF DEAN

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That’s what Bruce wanted to do

fist-raising opener "The Weary" and it's insanely catchy melodies

with an album that seems to get bigger and more affective with each listen

Iron & Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" Alkaline Trio Crafting the music and bringingIron and Wine is the one guy and his tape deck project of Samuel Beam. It's an ode to an older South, defined by traditional values, pastoral imagery, and arcane manners. Beam teaches cinematography at a local Miami college, and this connection with film shows in the construct of his songs. It's arresting stuff; intimate "American Gothic" style portraits and landscapes with traditional sounding backdrops, and laced with seductive melodies. "A "