The Allen Almanac

Iron and Wine is currently my favorite artist. Don’t let the name fool you; Iron and Wine is the psuedonym for solo artist Sam Beam. For the most part it is just his voice accompanied by hypnotic acoustic guitar. But what could get boring very quickly somehow never does. This is American Folk music at its very best. There are five songs available for download on this page. I recommend every single one of them, but if you pressed me for my recommendation as to which of them is best, I’d have to go with Naked As We Came. It’s a song about growing old and dying with the one you love, and the knowledge that no matter what course your lives take, you will be there for each other even to your deaths, and the knowledge that you know everything to there is to know about each other. There is also a music video available for downloading of Naked As We Came.