Iron & Wine

Sam Beam (2008)

Iron & Wine is the name under which the American singer-songwriter Sam Beam (born July 26, 1974 ) appears and publishes. Beam borrowed the name Iron & Wine from a dietary supplement called “Beef Iron & Wine”, which he discovered while filming in a shop.

history

Beam grew up near Columbia , South Carolina and graduated from Florida State University with a degree in film studies , but now lives in Dripping Springs , near Austin , Texas. Before he found success with his music, he taught film and cinematography at the University of Miami . He had long been writing songs when a friend lent him a four-track recorder. One of his demos drew the attention of Jonathan Poneman, the record manager of Sub Pop , to him, who promptly offered him a record deal.

In 2002 Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle , whose pieces he recorded alone at home. Further own recordings appeared in 2003 on the EP The Sea & the Rhythm . His second studio album, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), however, was recorded with guest musicians in a professional recording studio. This was followed by the EP Woman King in February 2005 and the EP In the Reins in September 2005 , a collaboration with Calexico , with which Beam also went on tour. On the third album The Shepherd's Dog , Joey Burns and Paul Niehaus from Calexico appeared as guests, as did jazz musicians Matt Lux and Rob Burger .

Probably the best-known track by Iron & Wine, however, is a cover version that became popular through its use in a commercial and in the film Garden State : Such Great Heights , originally by The Postal Service .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Our Endless Numbered Days	-	-	-	-	US158 (1 week) US	First published: March 23, 2004
2007	The Shepherd's Dog	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	US24 (11 weeks) US	First published: September 25, 2007
2011	Kiss Each Other Clean	DE90 (1 week) DE	AT74 (1 week) AT	CH57 (1 week) CH	UK32 (1 week) UK	US2 (6 weeks) US	First published: January 25, 2011
2013	Ghost on Ghost	-	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	US26 (3 weeks) US	First published: April 16, 2013
2017	Beast Epic	-	-	-	UK60 (1 week) UK	US44 (1 week) US	First published: August 25, 2017
2019	Years to Burn	DE16 (3 weeks) DE	AT13 (3 weeks) AT	CH46 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: June 14th, 2019 with Calexico_ (band)

More albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Woman King	-	-	-	-	US128 (2 weeks) US	First published: February 22, 2005 EP
	In the Reins	-	-	-	-	US135 (1 week) US	First published: September 12, 2005 EP
2009	Around the well	-	-	-	-	US25 (8 weeks) US	First published: May 19, 2009 Compilation
2015	Sing into My Mouth	-	-	-	-	US116 (1 week) US	First published: July 17th, 2015 collaboration with Ben Bridwell
2016	Love letter for fire	-	-	-	-	US173 (1 week) US	First published: April 15, 2016 collaboration with Jesca Hoop

More albums

• 2002 The Creek Drank the Cradle
• 2005 Iron & Wine Live Bonnaroo
• 2009 Norfolk 6/20/05
• 2011 Morning Becomes Eclectic
• 2015 Archive Series Volume No. 1

EPs and singles

• 2002 March 2002 Sub Pop Singles Club CD (Single)
• 2002 Iron & Wine Tour EP
• 2002 Call Your Boys b / w Dearest Forsaken (EP)
• 2003 The Sea & The Rhythm (EP)
• 2004 Iron & Wine iTunes Exclusive EP
• 2004 Passing Afternoon (single)
• 2004 In Good Company Soundtrack
• 2004 Garden State Soundtrack
• 2004 The Trapeze Swinger (Single) (Soundtrack to " Reine Chefsache ")
• 2006 Live Session EP (exclusively on iTunes)
• 2006 Such Great Heights EP
• 2007 Boy with a Coin EP
• 2008 Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Soundtrack for " Twilight - Bis (s) zum Dawn ")
• 2010 Walking Far From Home (Single)
• 2018 Weed Garden EP

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Concert with Calexico and Iron and Wine at NPR (English)
• Iron & Wine fansite (English)