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'The Lone Ranger' Soundtrack Features Iggy Pop, Iron & Wine, Lucinda Williams & More

Featuring nice dudes like Ben Kweller , Iggy Pop covering an old timey folk song for some reason, respected troubadour Lucinda Williams , and respected badass Shane MacGowan among others, these are the songs featured in and "inspired by" Gore Verbinski 's pirate movie on horses.

Iron & Wine at London’s Barbican

Iron & Wine – The Barbican, London 31/05/13

Even for somebody with no appetite for contemporary folk, it'd be hard to find fault with Samuel Beam's continually-lauded, deeply-American folk project Iron & Wine. Beam has made a strong career of writing highly credible yet totally accessible takes on the classic folk formula and, in the last few weeks has released, through the prestigious 4AD, his fifth studio album, Ghost on Ghost.

Iron and Wine: May 19, 2013 Capitol Theatre Portchester – Flac/MP3/Streaming

Exactly four years ago, Sam Beam took Iron and Wine into a series of intimate venues for a solo tour of very memorable nights.

Iron & Wine Kicks Off Groovin’ in the Garden

Groovin' in the Garden starts Thursday, May 16 and promises to bring some great acts to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden including Josh Ritter, Bruce Hornsby and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Iron & Wine & Local & Natives & NXNE & TURF & shows & stuff

Craig Kief Spring is only barely here – the past few days' weather notwithstanding – but the concert announcement machine is already making eyes at Autumn with the unveiling of a couple of pretty high profile tours coming through town when the leaves start to change and the days get shorter.

Iron & Wine is here, released 'Ghost on Ghost', expanded tour, played Conan & Fallon (video & dates)

Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam recently released Ghost on Ghost , his fifth album which is also his Nonesuch Records debut.

Bad Religion, Ben Harper, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Best Coast, Dave Navarro, Iron and Wine, Jackson Browne, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, Rndm, Sharon Van Etten: Bottle Rock Napa - Saturday (Pics - Jane's Addiction, Ben Harper, Bad Religion,

Photo gallery of Bottle Rock Napa Valley - Saturday, May 11, 2013. Artists featured:

Watch Iron And Wine Play Conan

When Sam Beam visited Conan as the show's musical guest last night, he brought plenty of help with him.

Iron and Wine Sow Unease with 'Low Light Buddy of Mine' on 'Conan'

Sam Beam painted an ominous picture when he led Iron and Wine through "Low Light Buddy of Mine" last night on Conan.

Watch: Iron & Wine Perform on “Fallon”

Last Friday Iron & Wine closed out the week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon serving as the show's musical guest.

Watch: Iron and Wine Bring 'Grace for Saints and Ramblers' to 'Fallon'

Sam Beam brought a lot of company with him as Iron and Wine hit the stage on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night.

Iron & Wine - Joy

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Review: Iron and Wine – Ghost on Ghost

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Singer And The Endless Song: Iron & Wine

Each day, he takes his kids to school, passing the early morning traffic before returning to his house.

Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost

The first time I heard The Shepherd's Dog , I vomited into a hat.

Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost

"You have your three big things that you can talk about, basically, if you're going to write something that actually means something to you as a human being, which is Love, God and Death," said Sam Beam in an interview with Paste Magazine in 2007.

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Forget wine – a decade ago, when we met Sam Beam, his music felt more like a bottomless mug of warm, soothing chamomile.

Album: Iron and Wine, Ghost on Ghost (4AD)

The early word was I&W had "gone jazz", but nothing is that straightforward in Sam Beam's world, and Ghost on Ghost is as dense stylistically as it is lyrically.

Iron And Wine – “Joy” Video

According to director Hayley Morris , she made her video for "Joy," a delicate song from Iron And Wine's new album Ghost On Ghost , by "projecting hand-painted water color animations into stop-motion landscapes."

Album review: Iron and Wine, Ghost on Ghost (4AD)

Elsewhere, the easy manner and melodic charm of "New Mexico's No Breeze" brings to mind Jeb Loy Nichols, and there's a touch of Billy Joel about the piano paean "Joy", while the brisk drums, electric piano and horns transform "Singers and the Endless Song" into a rolling, gospelly invocation.

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn: Iron and Wine's Sam Beam Talks About Art and his Latest Album

A lazy music industry, fat and happy as the 1990s rolled in, never saw what was coming.

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It seems impossible to pigeonhole Iron & Wine (aka Samuel Beam).

Live Video: Iron & Wine at SXSW

We like to believe Sam Beam is one of our own.

Iron And Wine - Ghost On Ghost

Some acts have a sound that is distinctly theirs.

Iron & Wine – Ghost on Ghost

2002's The Creek Drank the Cradle and Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) – seemed to reside.

Album Stream: Iron and Wine – Ghost on Ghost

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Stream Iron & Wine’s “Ghost on Ghost”

Ghost on Ghost , the follow-up to singer/songwriter Iron & Wine 's 2011 album Kiss Each Other Clean , will see release next week on April 16.

Stream: Iron and Wine’s new album, Ghost on Ghost

Iron and Wine' s fifth studio album, Ghost on Ghost , is streaming in full one week ahead of its official release date (April 16th via the outfit's new label, Nonesuch Records).

Iron And Wine - Ghost On Ghost [Album Stream]

Ahead of its release next week via 4AD, NPR are streaming Iron and Wine 's fifrth studio album, Ghost on Ghost.

Iron and Wine and Glen Hansard Unite for Intimate Club Gig

They brought no plan or set lists, but modern troubadours Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron and Wine) and Glen Hansard (the Frames, Swell Season) filled a tiny club in Los Angeles last night with songs aching, gentle and raging for a private show hosted by public radio stalwart KCRW.

Listen: Iron & Wine - “Hard Times Come Again No More” (Stephen Foster Cover)

Currently gearing up for the release of his forthcoming album Ghost on Ghost Iron & Wine 's Same Beam has taken a bit of a sidestep to premiere a track that won't appear on the record, but will be featured on the BBC America show Copper.

Iron And Wine – “Hard Times Come Again No More”

Iron And Wine have a new album called Ghost On Ghost coming out soon, and the two songs we've heard from it, " Lovers' Revolution " and " Grace For Saints And Ramblers ," are both loose and jazzy things, far removed from the rootsy, wistful folk-rock that made Same Beam an indie-household name.

SXSW Review: Iron & Wine at Radio Day Stage

Once he finished the opening song, Beam laughed and acknowledged that he hadn't prepared a set list and welcomed requests.

KEXP at SXSW, Day 2: Iron & Wine

Iron and Wine , the music project of singer/songwriter Samuel Beam, delivers simple, folk ballads that evoke powerful complex emotions.

SXSW 2013: Natalie Maines' New Sound, Iron & Wine Go Big Band at Spinner Showcase

Natalie Maines has kept a relatively low profile since the Dixie Chicks went on hiatus in 2007, but her Mother solo debut comes out on May 7 and she covered the Pink Floyd track of the same name as part of the Spinner showcase on Wednesday night at ACL Live at the Moody Theater.

Spinner's SXSW 2013 Showcase: Dawes, Iron and Wine & More!

Spinner's SXSW 2013 showcase is just days away.