Iron & Wine has "LORI" McKenna covered
Recorded at Sam Phillips Studios in Memphis with producer Matt Ross-Spang, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam takes on four of his favorite McKenna tracks with help from Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, known collectively for their work in the indie-art-pop band Finom (formerly known as Ohmme.)
Traveling to Memphis in March 2021, just as COVID restrictions were lifting, Beam invited Cunningham and Stewart whom he had toured with during his Beast Epic campaign to join him in the studio. Recording took place over three days with Ross-Spang at the helm. He he had handled Iron & Wine's 2019 collaboration with Calexico, the twice Grammy nominated "Years to Burn" and had worked on two of McKenna's own records.
Beam came to McKenna's music a few years ago on the suggestion of a friend.
The track "That's How You Know" will be available on Iron & Wine's Black Cricket Recording Co. digitally today coinciding with the release of a video directed, concepted and animated by Nebila Oguz.
The track listing is:
Like Patsy Would
Halfway Home
That's How You Know
Shake
Iron & Wine is mounting the Outside Problems Tour with Andrew Bird starting in September. Tour dates are:
Sept. 22 - San Diego, CA – The Magnolia *
Sept. 23 - Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren ^
Sept. 25 - Oklahoma, OK - The Jones Assembly *
Sept. 27 -San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts *
Sept. 28 - Dallas, TX - Strauss Square @ ATT Performing Arts Center *
Sept. 30 - Marfa, TX – Trans-Pecos Festival
Oct. 1 - Austin, TX – Stubbs *
Oct. 2 - New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theater *
Oct. 3 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall *
* with Silvana Estrada
^ with The Sunpunchers
More news
- 09/10/24: Griffin, Carll, McKenna unite for tour
- 08/06/24: Rice plans to "Go Down Singin'"
- 11/03/23: McKenna goes deluxe with "1988"
- 10/11/23: McKenna drops "The Town In Your Heart" video
- 07/14/23: Clark, McKenna tour together
- 07/12/23: McKenna goes acoustic with "Happy Children"
- 06/30/23: McKenna enjoys "Happy Children"
- 06/07/23: McKenna's video is "Killing Me"
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