Iron and Wine
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Biography:
Sam Beam lives in Miami, FL and makes music under the name Iron & Wine. He is a father of two (both daughters) and teaches cinematography at a local college. September 2002 saw the release of his debut album, The Creek Drank the Cradle. That record was/is hushed, literate, intimate, melodic: a quiet treasure which, with its unaffected candor and depth, found fans all over. Both in the bio for the first record and in (perhaps an unwitting, self-fulfilling prophecy set in motion by that bio) subsequent press surrounding the record, a fair amount of focus has been narrowed on these two facts: Sam Beam lives in Miami and most of his music is home-recorded. This lends some interesting context, but really, these things are solely that: context. The simple explanation is that Sam likes the warm weather and home is where the four-track is (it also happens to be where his family is).
In September of 2003, Sub Pop released a 5-song EP culled from the recordings that made up The Creek Drank the Cradle as The Sea and The Rhythm. And, some discerned a new undercurrent of optimism within these. Between now and the first record, Sam spent a far amount of time on the road, both solo and with a band.
Discography:
Main Releases
The Shepherd’s Dog 2007
The Sea & The Rhythm 2005
Our Endless Numbered Days 2004
The Creek Drank The Cradle 2002
Singles
Live at Lollapalooza 2006: Iron & Wine 2007
Woman King 2005
The Sea and The Rhythm 2003
Compilations
I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture) 2007
Friday Night Lights Original Television Soundtrack 2007
The Road Mix: Music From The Television Series One Tree Hill Vol. 3 2007
Seventeen: The Best New Music (hear It First) 2006
The L Word: Season 2 2005
In Good Company 2005
Sounds Eclectic 3 2004
Garden State 2004
Sub Pop: Patient Zero 2004
Guest In the Reins Calexico 2005
