Sam Amidon is playing in San Francisco tonight, August 18th at the Swedish American Hall as part of the 802 Tour (a trio of Vermont-born musicians including Nico Muhly & Doveman round out the bill). David Fricke of Rolling Stone said of All is Well: "deceptively ornate adaptation of ten traditional blues and folk songs. In an era of overheated Nick Drake comparisons, Amidon is eerily close to~~
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"Comprised of childhood friends Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett (both of whom also play in the band Doveman together), Samamidon focuses on giving slightly more modern interpretations to old Appalachian folk songs, many of them culled from the more obscure Alan Lomax and Harry Smith field recordings. With Amidon (whose parents had been interested in traditional American music) on vocals, banjo, and
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Sam Amidon is playing in San Francisco tonight, August 18th at the Swedish American Hall as part of the 802 Tour (a trio of Vermont-born musicians including Nico Muhly & Doveman round out the bill). David Fricke of Rolling Stone said of All is Well: "deceptively ornate adaptation of ten traditional blues and folk songs. In an era of overheated Nick Drake comparisons, Amidon is eerily close to~~
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"Comprised of childhood friends Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett (both of whom also play in the band Doveman together), Samamidon focuses on giving slightly more modern interpretations to old Appalachian folk songs, many of them culled from the more obscure Alan Lomax and Harry Smith field recordings. With Amidon (whose parents had been interested in traditional American music) on vocals, banjo, and
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With an album out now by the name of "All Is Well" and a confirmed slot at this year's SxSW Festival, we made it one of our priorities to fire off a few questions toward Sam Amidon. Top on our agenda was to see how he felt about his upcoming performance at the Fest and what lies ahead for the man in 2009.
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I thought this might have been a good gig and my it was, and then some. You know when you listen to some spectral folk singer and wonder to yourself whether an artist can do it alone or whether its all production. In The Cobblestone’s intimate back room with about 40-50 people or so, Sam [...]
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