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| | Old Gold and Black > 1.30.03 >Sam Bean's Iron and Wine release one to remember (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Sam Beam, a native South Carolinian and sole musician behind the newly emerging and notably talented, yet gorgeously unaffected Iron and Wine, might possess one of the most perfectly sorrow filled voices, which barely wavers above a whisper, that I have encountered in my couple decades of living. |
 | | In my mind, however, the appeal of Beam stems from his keen ability for intimate and personal expression, which magnetically draws in his listeners, while barely allowing his voice to rise over a melodic murmur. |
 | | Affirming the intimate quality of Beam's music, Terry Eagan, of Ink19.com said, "It is as if one is eavesdropping on the private thoughts of some Southern auteur, with an ear pressed to the ceiling, as he plays alone in an attic." |
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