Sam Amidon
Is amhránaí agus ilionstramaí (bainseó, giotár, fidil) as Vermont, SAM é Sam Amidon, atá lonnaithe anois i Londain, Sasana. D’eisigh River Lea / Rough Trade Records a albam nua, Salt River, ar an 24 Eanáir 2025. Roimhe seo, d’eisigh sé seacht n-albam ardmholta ar na lipéid Bedroom Community agus Nonesuch Records. Tar éis dó Salt River a eisiúint, chuaigh sé ar camchuairt idirnáisiúnta agus bhí sé ar sheónna teilifíse amhail The Tommy Tiernan Show agus Later with Jools Holland. In 2025 freisin eisíodh an scannán History of Sound, agus Paul Mescal agus Josh O’Connor sna príomhróil, agus bhí Amidon mar chomhairleoir ceoil agus mar thaibheoir ar fhuaimrian an scannáin. Taispeánadh an scannán den chéad uair ag Féile Scannán Cannes agus mar thaispeántas ócáide ceiliúrtha ag Féile Scannán Londan. In 2024 d’oibrigh sé leis an chóragrafaí Michael Keegan-Dolan ar an léiriú damhsa-amharclainne Nobodaddy, agus ainmníodh é do “Outstanding Creative Contribution” ag Duaiseanna Náisiúnta Damhsa sa Ríocht Aontaithe.
Is minic a bhíonn athleaganacha eachtrúla de bhailéid, iomainn agus amhráin oibre Mheiriceá mar bhunábhar ag Amidon, agus scríobh an New York Times go “n-athraíonn sé dath na n-amhrán agus go gcuireann sé doirse ceilte iontu.” Bhí na halbaim an-chomhoibríoch, agus rannchuidiú ann ó cheoltóirí amhail an cumadóir Nico Muhly, an giotáraí Bill Frisell, agus ar “Salt River,” an sacsafónaí/léiritheoir Sam Gendel. Roimhe seo, tá Sam Amidon tar éis taifeadadh nó seinm mar aoi-ealaíontóir le ceoltóirí amhail Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, The National, Emmylou Harris, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Gloaming, Lonnie Holley, Manami Kakudo, Jacob Collier, Marc Ribot, agus Beth Orton, i measc go leor eile. Tá sé le feiceáil go hidirnáisiúnta mar aonréadaí le ensembles amhail Kronos Quartet, The Aurora Orchestra, Ceolfhoireann Aireagail na hAstráile le Pekka Kuusisto, Ceolfhoireann Aireagail na hAlban, The Oregon Symphony, Roomful of Teeth, agus an Britten Sinfonia.
Sam Amidon is a singer and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, fiddle) from Vermont, US, now based in London, England. His new album “Salt River” was released by River Lea / Rough Trade on 24th January 2025. He has previously released seven acclaimed albums of songs on Bedroom Community and Nonesuch Records.
The release of “Salt River” was followed by international touring and TV appearances on The Tommy Tiernan Show and Later… with Jools Holland. 2025 also saw the release of the film History of Sound, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, with Amidon serving as music advisor and performing on the score of the film, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival and as a gala screening at London Film Festival. In 2024, Amidon worked with choreSam Amidon is a singer and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, fiddle) from Vermont, US, now based in London, Englandographer Michael Keegan Dolan on the dance theatre music show Nobodaddy for which Sam was nominated as “Outstanding Creative Contribution” by the National Dance Awards Critics Circle in the UK.
Amidon’s material for his albums often consists of adventurous reworkings of traditional American ballads, hymns and work songs, with the New York Times writing that Amidon “transforms all of the songs, changing their colors and loading them with trapdoors.” The albums have been deeply collaborative in nature, inviting contributions from musicians such as composer Nico Muhly, guitarist Bill Frisell, and on “Salt River,” saxophonist/producer Sam Gendel.
Previously, Sam Amidon has recorded or performed as a guest artist with musicians such as Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, The National, Emmylou Harris, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Gloaming, Lonnie Holley, Manami Kakudo, Jacob Collier, Marc Ribot, and Beth Orton, among many others. He has appeared internationally as a soloist with ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, The Aurora Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Oregon Symphony, Roomful of Teeth, and the Britten Sinfonia.