Being named after the senator that help bring down Richard Nixon in the year he was born, Samuel Ervin Beam has had a tough legacy, choosing to ignore it entirely by recording as Iron & Wine. Beam has released LORI, a collection…
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Album | Iron & Wine – Archive Series No. 5 – Tallahassee Recordings
Album | Iron & Wine – Ghost on Ghost
The sixth album of Iron & Wine, the pseudonym of all American Samuel Beam, opens with the industrial sounds of a construction works, only then to jump into a gorgeous guitar intro reminiscent of previous albums. Ghost on Ghost, though…
Brian’s Mixtape | Birds
Brian’s Mixtape | Little April Showers
Playlist | Brian’s Mixtape #46: the Return of the Owl
Live | Iron & Wine @ Shepherds Bush Empire, 10/10/11
“‘Time isn’t kind or unkind,’ you like to say, but I wonder to whom, and what it is, you’re saying today” sings Sam Beam in ‘Tree By The River’, another gleaming example of his storytelling prowess to add to his…
News | Portraits of Emmy the Great, Iron & Wine, Dan Mangan go on show
Portraits of Emmy the Great, Dan Mangan, Iron & Wine and Anna Calvi feature in London-based figurative painter Joe Simpson’s exhibition ‘Musician Portraits’ opening next month. The paintings will be on display from 14th – 30th October at a temporary…
Iron & Wine, Wilco and Modest Mouse confirm for Open House Festival
As if it wasn’t looking exciting enough already, Belfast’s Open House Festival has announced a dream team of additions to its line up: Modest Mouse, Wilco and Iron & Wine. They join the already brilliant line up which includes Field…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…