On the heels of Sufjan Stevens returning to his whispery folk roots, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine is also giving fans a glance back into the past with the release of Archive Series Volume No. 1. Billed as a companion album to Beam’s 2002 debut The Creek Drank The Cradle, the singer told Billboard [...]

“Fairytale Of New York,” the 1987 duet from the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, is the best Christmas song ever recorded, and I will not hear any arguments to the contrary. Last night, a roots-music all-star crew got together on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to cover the song. Iron And Wine’s Sam Beam sang the [...]

Sam Beam, bka Iron & Wine gets his lighthearted-Tom Waits on for “Rattling Bone” from the The Lone Ranger soundtrack. The Disney reboot stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer and is directed by Gore Verbinski, who previously worked with Depp on Pirates Of The Caribbean. Verbinski also flexed his music muscles by co-produ...

Last night, Sam Beam brough Iron And Wine’s lush and accessible indie-folk to the big outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live. And Beam rolled deep, bringing the biggest and most expansive backing band I’ve ever seen him use. Beam’s supporting players included a string section, a horn section, and a full complement of ba...

When Sam Beam visited Conan as the show’s musical guest last night, he brought plenty of help with him. In this case, Beam’s Iron And Wine project was a total mob: A string quartet, a trio of background singers, and another trio of horn players, as well as the standard guitar/bass/drums/keyboard configuration. On the show [...]