Iron & Wine

Iron & Wine, the stage name of Samuel Beam, makes the kind of music I keep coming back to in quiet hours. There is no spectacle here, just hushed vocals, fingerpicked guitar and the occasional banjo carrying songs that smell of South Carolina soil. Eight studio albums in, what impresses me is the consistency of temperature rather than reinvention for its own sake. He never chased trends, and that patience is exactly why the catalog ages so gracefully. I suspect his best records reveal themselves slowly, rewarding listeners who sit with them. For me he is a craftsman of intimacy, and that is a rare and durable gift.

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Name (English)

Iron & Wine

Name (Japanese)

アイアン・アンド・ワイン

Reading

あいあん・あんど・わいん

Born

July 26, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Chapin, South Carolina, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer-songwriter / singer / banjoist / recording artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

High school

Chapin High School

University

Florida State University

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.ironandwine.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ironandwinetour/
• Xhttps://x.com/IronAndWine
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20%26%20Wine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361881

Tags

• South Carolina
• guitarist
• singer-songwriter
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.