Iron & Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" 2024-04-05 taking the listener on a

taking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree

or even Neal and Del's classic "Those aren't pillows" scene from Planes

even though it contains some of Marley's best work

perhaps their most perfectly-realised album to date

City pop has gained popularity in the US over the last few years

Iron & Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" 2024-04-05 taking the listener on aIron 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 "