Iron and Wine is singer-songwriter Sam Beam, a man who makes deafeningly quiet country-folk, replete with strummed acoustics, twanged banjos and lazy slide guitars,influenced by Nick Drake, Elliott Smith and Will Oldham amongst others.

His debut album, the lo-fi The Creek Drank The Cradle, was released on the newly-eclectic Sub Pop back in 2002 to much critical slavering, followed by the similar-sounding 'Sea & Rhythm' EP.

Two more (professionally recorded) albums followed, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) and The Shepherd's Dog (2007), the releases of which were split by more EPs; the Woman King EP (2005), the In The Reins EP (2005, a split with Calexico), and the Such Great Heights EP (2006), featuring a cover of the Postal Service song of the same name which proved highly popular via the medium of TV advertising.

Releases

• The Shepherd's Dog - album, out 25/09/2007 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Boy With A Coin - single, out 27/08/2007 on Transgressive. 1 review (read/post)
• Such Great Heights - single, out 31/07/2006 on Sub Pop. 1 review (read/post)
• Woman King EP - ep, out 21/02/2005 on Sub Pop. 1 review (read/post)
• The Creek Drank The Cradle - album, out 10/02/2003 on Sub Pop. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Fri 16 May at London Forum. (post review)
• Thu 15 May at Brighton The Old Market. (post review)
• Wed 14 May at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Tue 13 May at Manchester Ritz Ballroom. (post review)
• Mon 12 May at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
• Sun 11 May at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• Sat 10 May at Galway Black Box. (post review)
• Fri 09 May at Cork Savoy. (post review)
• Sun 04 Nov at Reading Concert Hall. (post review)
• Sat 03 Nov at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Fri 02 Nov at Brighton St. George's Church. (post review)
• Thu 01 Nov at Cardiff The Point. (post review)
• Wed 31 Oct at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 29 Oct at Edinburgh Queen's Hall. (post review)
• Sun 28 Oct at Bristol St George's. (post review)
• Sat 27 Oct at Dublin Temple Bar Music Centre. (post review)
• Fri 26 Oct at Belfast Speigeltent. (post review)
• Thu 25 Oct at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Wed 24 Oct at Gateshead The Sage. (post review)
• Tue 23 Oct at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall. (post review)
• Thu 09 Aug at London Spitz. 1 review (read/post)
• Sun 23 Apr at London Forum. (post review)
• Sat 22 Apr at Bristol Academy. (post review)
• Tue 02 Nov at Edinburgh The Venue. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 25/06/2008: Green Man 2008: full line-up and running order here
• 19/03/2008: Iron & Wine among dozens of new names for Green Man
• 20/02/2008: Iron and Wine for spring UK and Ireland tour
• 17/08/2007: Iron and Wine tour UK with '...Dog'
• 18/07/2007: Iron & Wine UK dates announced
• 02/07/2007: Iron & Wine reveal UK home and exclusive London show
• 08/03/2007: Iron & Wine's Shepherd's Dog due September
• 07/06/2006: Iron & Wine stretch to Such Great Heights

Features

• 15/10/2007: Iron & Wine: "I don’t really do things to rub people the wrong way"
• 01/10/2007: A Month In Records: September 2007
• 19/09/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: the movie soundtracks that matter

Links

• Iron & Wine - Official Website

User ratings