Iron Mountain

Iron & Wine is the name that singer/songwriter Sam Beam uses to send his intimate and heartfelt indie folk out into the world. His deeply burnished vocals, keen melodic sensibility, and introspective, free-flowing lyrical viewpoint combine to give him a singular artistic vision.

Ben Bridwell of Band Of Horses and Iron & Wine collaborate on a covers albums that includes songs originally sung by JJ Cale, El Perro del Mar, Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Lane, Marshall Tucker Band, Sade, Pete Seeger, Spiritualized, Talking Heads, Them Two, and Unicorn. The album's title is a lyric from the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)". The album debuted at No. 116 on Billboard 200, and No. 14 on Top Rock Albums.

Ben Bridwell of Band Of Horses and Iron & Wine collaborate on a covers albums that includes songs originally sung by JJ Cale, El Perro del Mar, Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Lane, Marshall Tucker Band, Sade, Pete Seeger, Spiritualized, Talking Heads, Them Two, and Unicorn. The album's title is a lyric from the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)". The album debuted at No. 116 on Billboard 200, and No. 14 on Top Rock Albums.

Following on from the success of Ian Gardner's critically acclaimed trilogy on the exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in World War II, Sent by the Iron Sky tells their exhilarating story for a new readership. From the moment they entered the war in June, 1944, the men of 3rd Battalion were faced with brutal fighting against horrendous odds. Later in the year, nearly five months in combat with no relief lead to heavy losses that reduced them to the size of a company. Their heroic defence of Bastogne saw their division awarded a Unit Citation, a first in the history of the US armed forces, and they subsequently fought on across Europe, finishing the war occupying Hitler's mountain retreat of Berchtesgaden.

The British folk singer Robin Williamson collaborates with the Swedish folk musician Ale Moller and two U.S. jazz musicians, the violinist Mat Maneri and the bassist Barre Phillips, in this set, which features improvisations on the works of poets as varied as Walt Whitman, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Blake. Also included are reworkings of folk tunes such as "Sir Patrick Spens" and Williamson's own "The Iron Stone," as well as abstract musical meditations such as "There Is a Music" and "To God in God's Absence."