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Infobox musical artist|name = Iron & Wine|image = Sambeam-brooklyn-2006.jpg|caption = Beam at a 2006 concert at Brooklyn|Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool |background = solo_singer|birth_name = Samuel Beam|alias =|Born = Birth date and age|1974|07|26 South Carolina , United States|U.S. |death_date =|origin =|instrument = Singer|Vocals , Guitar , Banjo |genre = Folk music|Folk Folk rock |label = Sub Pop Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. / 4AD |associated_acts = Calexico (band)|Calexico , Rosie Thomas |website = http://www.ironandwine.com/ www.ironandwine.com Samuel Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine , is an American singer-songwriter . He has released four studio album s, several extended play|EP s and Single (music)|singles , as well as a few music download|download-only releases, which include a Iron & Wine Live Bonnaroo|live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo performance). He occasionally tours with a full band.Tangari, Joe http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45634-interview-iron-wine "Iron & Wine Interview" Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork - October 1, 2007
Beam was raised in South Carolina before moving to Virginia and then Florida to attend school. He now resides in Dripping Springs, Texas|Dripping Springs , near Austin, Texas .Gross, Joe http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/xl/2007/09/0927xlcover.html "Folk hero, The conversion of Sam Beam into Iron & Wine" Austin360.com - September 26, 2007 The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store while shooting a film.cite news| url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/article417078.ece | location=London | work=The Sun | first=Simon | last=Cosyns | title=Iron and Wine star on full Beam | date=2007-11-01Marchese, David http://www.spin.com/articles/why-hes-called-iron-and-wine%20 "Why He's Called... Iron and Wine" Spin (magazine)|Spin.com - January 10, 2011
Early life
Beam was raised in Chapin, South Carolina , where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. When he was a child, his family took regular trips to the country, where his grandfather ran a farm. He attended Seven Oaks Elementary School, Irmo Middle School, and Chapin High School. While home from college, he was a waiter at California Dreaming restaurant in Columbia. Beam earned a bachelor's degree in art from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia . He specialized in painting. He graduated from the Florida State University Film School with an Master of Fine Arts|MFA degree. Before the release of the first Iron & Wine album, Beam's main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design .cite web|url= http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-04-10/music/iron-and-wine/a | title= Iron and Wine , Jason Ferguson, Miami New Times, April 10, 2008 He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. He began making demos and gave one to his friend Michael Bridwell, brother of Band of Horses lead singer, Ben Bridwell . Michael handed it to Mike McGonigal, editor of Yeti (magazine)|Yeti magazine , who chose "Dead Man's Will," later released on In the Reins , for inclusion on one of his magazine's compilation CDs. Beam later came to the attention of Sub Pop|Sub Pop Records co-owner, Jonathan Poneman, who contacted Beam to propose a deal.cite web|url= http://www.splendidezine.com/features/iron/ | title="Iron and Wine", Georgiana Cohen, splendidezine.comcite web|url= http://www.thehighhat.com/Pop& Clicks/002/iron_and_wine.html | title="Planting Together: An interview with Iron and Wines Sam Beam", Maud Newtoncite web|url= http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/iron+wine | title="Iron & Wine: Biography", James Christopher Monger, Rovi
Musical career
Beam released his first Iron & Wine album, The Creek Drank the Cradle , on the Sub Pop label in 2002. Beam wrote, performed, recorded and Record producer|produced the album in his home studio. Featuring acoustic guitar s, banjo , and slide guitar , the album's music has been compared to that of Nick Drake ,cite web | last=Kearney | first=Ryan | title=Iron & Wine: The Creek Drank the Cradle | publisher=Pitchfork Media | date=2002-10-02 | url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4126-the-creek-drank-the-cradle/ | accessdate=2010-10-11 Simon and Garfunkel ,cite web | last=Bickford | first=B.R. | title=Iron & Wine: "The Creek Drank the Cradle" | publisher=Salon.com | date=2003-02-19 | url= http://dir.salon.com/story/audio/music/2003/02/19/iron_wine/index.html | accessdate=2006-05-14 Elliott Smith , Neil Young and John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey .
Also in 2002, Beam recorded a Cover version|cover of The Postal Service 's then-unreleased song " Such Great Heights ". Rather than being included on an Iron & Wine release, the track was initially included as a A-side and B-side|b-side of the original version by The Postal Service. It was later included on the B-sides and rarities album, Around the Well . He then followed up on his debut album in 2003 with The Sea & The Rhythm , an EP containing other home-recorded tracks with a similar style to the songs on the debut.
Beam's second full-length album, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), was recorded in a professional studio with a significant increase in fidelity. Produced in Chicago by Brian Deck , the focus was still on acoustic material, but the inclusion of other band members gave rise to a slightly different sound. That same year, he recorded the song "The Trapeze Swinger" for the film In Good Company (2004 film)|In Good Company , and had his version of "Such Great Heights" featured in an advertisement for M& M's and in the film and soundtrack for Garden State (film)|Garden State . This version was later used in a 2006 Ask.com advertisement, and eventually released as a single in 2006 backed with recordings of "The Trapeze Swinger" and "Naked as We Came" made for Radio Vienna.
In February 2005, he released an EP entitled Woman King , which expanded on the sounds of his previous LP with the addition of electric guitar s. Each track features a spiritual female figure, and had subtle Bible|Biblical undertones.
The EP In the Reins , a collaboration with the Arizona-based rock band Calexico (band)|Calexico , was released in September 2005. Beam wrote all of the EP's songs years earlier, but Calexico added their trademark fusion of Southwestern United States|southwestern rock, traditional Mexico|Mexican music and jazz to the songs' arrangements. Several tracks, most notably, "Burn That Broken Bed", feature brass instruments, a first for Beam's music.Cite music release notes |Name=In The Reins |Type=Album |Artist=Iron & Wine |Year=2011 |Title=Burn That Broken Bed
The third full-length Iron & Wine album, entitled '' The Shepherd's Dog , was released September 25, 2007.Khanna, Vish. http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=115& csid2=4& fid1=27544 "Iron and Wines Guiding Light", Exclaim! , October 2007. This album was voted one of the ten best of 2007 by Paste (magazine)|Paste magazine. Paste'' magazine issue #38 Contributors included Joey Burns and Paul Niehaus of Calexico, as well as jazz musicians Matt Lux and Rob Burger.cite web | author= Khanna, Vish | title= Iron and Wine's Guiding Light| work= Exclaim.ca | url= http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=115& csid2=4& fid1=27544 | month= October | year= 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-26 When asked to describe the album to The Independent , Beam remarked that "it's not a political propaganda record, but it's definitely inspired by political confusion, because I was really taken aback when George W. Bush|Bush got reelected."cite news | last=Gill | first=Andy | title=Sam Beam: Love, God, death and a tree of bees | publisher=The Independent | date=2006-11-17 | url= http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article1988182.ece | location=London
Beam has released most of his music on iTunes , including several exclusive EPs. The Iron & Wine iTunes Exclusive EP features unreleased studio recordings, including a Stereolab cover and two tracks which had previously only appeared on Gramophone record|vinyl . The Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) (Iron & Wine EP)|Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) features Beam and his sister, Sarah Beam, performing a number of tracks from his albums, as well as a cover of New Order 's "Love Vigilantes". Sarah Beam has contributed backing vocals on many of Beam's studio recordings.
Beam's music has appeared in television series such as '' Grey's Anatomy , The L Word and House (TV series)|House, M.D. . "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" was used in the film Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight ''. The song was specifically chosen for the film's prom scene by Kristen Stewart , the female lead, and appears on the Twilight (soundtrack)|film's soundtrack .
The B-sides and rarities album Around the Well was released in 2009. Iron & Wine also contributed the song "Stolen Houses (Die)" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization .
On November 26, 2010 Iron & Wine released a special edition http://www.recordstoreday.com Record Store Day Black Friday 12" vinyl and CD single called, http://www.recordstoreday.com/Page/958 Walking Far From Home for independent record stores.
Kiss Each Other Clean , Iron & Wine's fourth full-length album, was released on January 25, 2011 on Warner Bros. Records in North America and 4AD for the rest of the world. http://www.4ad.com/news/signs-to-4ad-rea/ 4AD: Iron & Wine Signs To 4AD, Readies New Album For January 2011 With this album, Beam blends his earlier styles with a stronger pop influence. cite news|last=Rosen|first=Jody|title=Iron & Wine's Technicolor Roots|accessdate=27 October 2011|newspaper=The Rolling Stone|date=3 February 2011|page=64
Personal life
Beam, his wife Kim and their five daughters live in Dripping Springs, Texas|Dripping Springs near Austin, Texas .cite web|url= http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/09/iron-wine.html | title=Growing a Bard |first=Dave |last=Sims |work=Paste Magazine |date=25 Sept 2007 |accessdate=7 July 2009Eakin, Marah http://www.avclub.com/articles/sam-beam-of-iron-wine,50439/ "Interview Sam Beam of Iron & Wine" The A.V. Club January 25, 2011
Discography
Studio, compilations, live albums and EPs
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Singles
Call Your Boys b/w Dearest Forsaken|"Call Your Boys" b/w "Dearest Forsaken" via Sub Pop Singles Club (CD + Clear 7" Vinyl) (2002)
"No Moon" b/w "Sinning Hands" (Limited 7" Vinyl Bonus with first Pressing of Our Endless Numbered Days ) (2004)
"Passing Afternoon" (CD only) (2004)
"The Trapeze Swinger" (iTunes only) (2005)
" Such Great Heights EP|Such Great Heights " (UK only CD) (2006)
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