NPR: Iron and Wine is primarily the work of Florida native Sam Beam. [Beam now lives in the Austin area.] Beam started out as a film instructor in the late ’90s in Miami. He wrote and recorded songs in his spare time and started getting attention when his lo-fi basement tapes found their way to the indie label Sub Pop. In 2002, the record company released 12 songs by Beam on a collection titled The Creek Drank the Cradle. It was followed by Our Endless Numbered Days, which some music critics chose for the best album of 2004 for its gentle, acoustic strums, spare rhythms and simple poetry.
Iron and Wine in Concert
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