Sam Beam of Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses are here today to play each other’s songs. Iron & Wine have released 7 albums including the latest 2013’s Ghost On Ghost and Sam Beam is no stranger to collaboration. His best known is 2005’s In The Reins with Calexico. Band of Horses are well established as well - the song “The Funeral” from their 2005 debut is an indie rock staple. The two have growing up in South Carolina in common. The new album of covers is called Sing Into My Mouth from a line in the Talking Heads song “This Must Be The Place” that they do a version of. Out on tour and in our session today the two also play their favorite songs from each other. Unlike what you might hear in their live show, these World Cafe versions of “Joy” and “No One’s Gonna Love You” are sparse acoustic renditions from the duo.

Stream two songs recorded live during this session on NPR Music HERE.

Session Setlist
THE STRAIGHT AND THE NARROW
JOY
NO ONE'S GONNA LOVE YOU
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

Recent Release: Sing Into My Mouth
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Label: Black Cricket / Brown Records