Iron And Wine

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Texas

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About

The last that we heard form Iron and Wine was the six songs comprising Woman King released in 2005. (This doesn't include the collaborative In the Reins EP which featured songs by Iron and Wine's Sam Beam and performances by both Iron and Wine and Calexico together.) What distinguished Woman King from its predecessors was the deepening integration of spiraling, dense opuses ("Gray Stables," "Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song)") with intimate confessionals ("Jezebel," "My Lady's House").

On The Shepherd's Dog this integration is complete. Compositionally, it is Iron and Wine's most ambitious and accomplished recording to date. It's also the most satisfying.

While many of us learned of Iron and Wine by way of Sam Beam's tender and spare rendering of The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" on the Garden State soundtrack, those who dug deeper discovered a classic American tunesmith with a precocious musical signature. Songs like "Lion's Mane," "Jesus the Mexican Boy" and "Naked as We Came" are remarkable demonstrations of craft; musically memorable, lyrically evocative and casually atmospheric. (read more...)

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Hungry Villagers, May 19:

Thanks for following Hungry Villagers! -Angela, promoter

Hungry Villagers, Apr 02:

Hi! How's it going?

Jay, Mar 10:

Hope you add the rest of the songs on here (like you have on MySpace)! MySpace sucks. ;-) GREAT MUSIC! Can't wait for May!

Ziplok, Feb 08:

Sandy Bailey, Oct 28, 2008:

can't wait to see you in northampton in a couple of weeks!

Dave Connis, Aug 10, 2008:

Sam, Awesome Music, your an inspiration to me thats for sure...keep making the tunes and if you get a chance stop by and check some of mine out. Peace

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Alexandre Désilets, Jul 10, 2008:

Cheerz from a young canadian artist. Check out my video, you might enjoy.. its a beautiful hand-drawn animation on some good music for fans of Death Cab, Dntel and Radiohead...