Iron and Wine are headed out on tour for the rest of December. Sam Beam, his beard, and his guitar will be headed up the eastern seaboard of the US and into Canada, then back down through the midwest to round out the year. Joining him on this tour will be Calexico, with whom he recorded In the Reins, an EP released in September of this year. The pair of acoustic acts will both be performing opening sets before performing jointly as one headlining act.

Calexico is working on their followup to The Book and the Canal, slated for an April 2006 release. Iron and Wine released The Woman King EP earlier this year.