“The folksinger’s calling is as old as the hills. Channeling Appalachian fiddles, desert rock, Ornette Coleman, and Arthur Russell, the Vermont native keeps it moving forward, in his own inimitable style.”
“Sam Amidon finds experimental tides on Salt River”
“Raised in a Vermont folk family, and a fiddle prodigy at age three, Sam Amidon has built a substantial career by “relocating” folk music to unusual contexts, working with jazz and classical musicians in partnerships stretching from Bill Frisell to the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Salt River is a collaboration with producer and jazzer Sam Gendel – here mostly on synths – with percussionist Philipp”
