Iron & Wine

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Samuel "Sam" Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), also known as his stage and recording name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter.

He has released six studio albums, several EPs, and singles, as well as a few that have gone digital, such as a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo appearance).

He appeared in South Carolina and then Florida to attend school.

He now lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Iron & Wine was taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef, Iron & Wine" that he discovered in a general store while shooting a film.

Early life

Beam was born in Chapin, South Carolina, where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. When he was a boy, his family used to fly to the United States, where his grandfather owned a farm. He attended Seven Oaks Elementary School and Chapin High School. He worked at a California Dreaming restaurant in Columbia when he returned from college. Beam graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, with a bachelor's degree in art. He studied painting before graduating from the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Beam's main source of income before the first Iron & Wine album's outing was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for more than seven years before a friend loaned him a four-track recorder. He began giving demos to his fellow Michael Bridwell, brother of Band of Horses lead singer Ben Bridwell. Michael gave it to Mike McGonigal, editor of Yeti magazine, who later received "Dead Man's Will" for inclusion on one of his magazine's compilation CDs. Beam came to the attention of Sub Pop Records co-owner Jonathan Poneman, who called Beam to ask a contract.

Personal life

Beam, his wife Kim, and their five children all live in Durham, North Carolina. He was raised as a Christian in the Bible belt but now is an agnostic: "It was a tumultuous moment for me, but I don't regret being deceived." I'm not an atheist. Some people believe in God and believe they know more about than others. I try not to get hung up on the names."

Beam was painted by British artist Joe Simpson in 2011. The painting has been on view in the United Kingdom, including in a solo exhibition at The Royal Albert Hall.

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Musical career

On the Sub Pop label in 2002, Beam's first Iron & Wine album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, was released. Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced the album in his home studio. The album's music has been compared to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Elliott Smith, Neil Young, and John Fahey.

Beam also did a cover of The Postal Service's then-unveiled song "Such Great Heights" in 2002. Rather than being included on an Iron & Wine collection, the track was first released as a b-side of The Postal Service's original version. Around the Well, a B-sides and rarities album, it was later included. He followed up on his debut album in 2003 with The Sea & The Rhythm, an EP with other home-recorded tracks in a similar style to the ones on debut.

Our Endless Numbered Days, Beam's second full-length album, was shot in a commercial studio with a dramatic rise in fidelity. Brian Deck's production in Chicago was still on acoustic, but the inclusion of other band members gave rise to a slightly different sound. He recorded "The Trapeze Swinger" for the film In Good Company in the same year, and his version of "Such Great Heights" was included in an M&M commercial and in the film and soundtrack for Garden State. This version was later used in a 2006 Ask.com commercial and then released as a single in 2006, backed by recordings of "The Trapeze Swinger" and "Naked as We Came" recorded for Radio Vienna.

He released Woman King, an EP in February 2005 that expanded on the sounds of his previous album with the addition of electric guitars. Each track features a spiritual female figure and has subtle Biblical undertones.

In the Reins, an Arizona-based rock band Calexico's joint effort, was released in September 2005. Beam produced all of the EP's songs years ago, but Calexico's signature fusion of southwestern rock, traditional Mexican music, and jazz was added to the songs' arrangements. Several tracks, most notably "Burn That Broken Bed," feature brass instruments, which was a first for Beam's music.

The Shepherd's Dog, the third full length Iron & Wine album, was published on September 25, 2007. Paste magazine named this album as one of the top ten best of 2007. Joey Burns and Paul Niehaus of Calexico, as well as jazz guitarist Matt Lux and Bob Burger, were among Calexico's contributors. When asked to describe the album to The Independent, Beam said that "it's not a political propaganda record, but it's certainly influenced by political confusion."

Beam has released the majority of his songs on iTunes, as well as several exclusive EPs. The Iron & Wine Exclusive EP features unreleased studio recordings, including a Stereolab cover and two tracks that had not previously appeared on vinyl. Beam and his sister, Sarah Beam, appear on the Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) as well as a a cover of New Order's "Love Vigilantes" (1982). Sarah Beam has appeared on several of Beam's studio recordings as a backing vocalist.

Beam's music has appeared in television series including Grey's Anatomy, The L Word, and House M.D. In the film Twilight, the phrase "flightless Bird, American Mouth" was used. Kristen Stewart, the female lead, specifically selected the song for the film's prom scene, and it appears on the film's soundtrack.

Around the Well, a B-sides and rareties collection was released in 2009. Iron & Wine also contributed to the Red Hot Organization's "Stolen Houses (Die)" AIDS charity compilation Dark Was the Night.

Iron & Wine's special edition, "Walking Far From Home for independent record stores," was released on November 26, 2010.

On January 25, 2011 on Warner Bros. Records in North America and 4AD for the rest of the world, Kiss Each Other Clean, Iron & Wine's fourth full-length album, was released. Beam's debut on this album brought his older styles with a pop presence.

Ghost on Ghost, Iron & Wine's fifth studio album, was released in North America by Nonesuch Records in North America in April 2013 and 4AD for the remainder of the world. Ghost on Ghost gave a step forward in Kiss Each Other Clean's pop sounds while still displaying jazz and R&B influences, with jazz drummer Brian Blade contributing to the collection. Beam and his regular collaborator Brian Deck co-produced eight of Chadwick Stokes' 2015 album The Horse Comanche's eight songs during the polar vortex in Chicago. Beam performed backing vocals as part of the Iron & Wine band's session.

In 2015, Iron & Wine released two albums. The Creek Drank the Cradle, a collection of archived songs that were not released during the time. Sing Into My Mouth, Ben Bridwell's band of Horses' album, was released in July. Love Letter for Fire, an album of duets starring American singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop, was released in 2016 on Sub Pop. Tucker Martine's album was also produced and mixed by Glenn Kotche, Rob Burger, Eyvind Kang, Sebastian Steinberg, and Edward Rankin-Parker.

Beast Epic, Iron & Wine's sixth studio album, was released by Sub Pop Records in August 2017. Beam began stripping back the development and variety of instruments from previous albums in order to return to more simple and melodic song structures.

Years to Burn, Calexico and Iron & Wine's first collaboration album, was announced on March 21, 2019. It was announced on Sub Pop on June 14, 2019.

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