For those who care, worth noting that Sam Amidon has a new record out on Nonesuch called Lily-O. A bunch of the tracks feature Bill Frisell, which is quite fitting considering the latter's own ventures into various eddies of the Americana/folk canon...

Best part about it is: it works. (At least, it worked for me on my first listen.) And it gives Amidon a slightly different sound... his last record seemed like he was pushing the "nu" classical associations a little too hard. The partnership with Frisell seems to have rejuvenated him a bit.

Also: the album is dark. Darker than normal Amidon (which can get quite dark but is always dressed in ribbon, because that's kind of what he does). Case in point: the title track.

I'll post some links later if I can track them down, but if you're an Amidon fan, go grab it asap.

-thebigfunk

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I think you'd be interested in giving it a listen. I don't have a hard copy yet, so I'm not positive, but I think they're all traditional tunes, too.

He has a really hard, percussive banjo style that I really like, too.

-thebigfunk

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Amidon is not a very common name at all. I really liked the album with Sugar Baby on it but haven't kept up with him too closely since.


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http://www.npr.org/blogs/world-cafe/2014/10/16/356460194/sam-amidon-and-bill-frisell-on-world-cafe

A couple of tunes and some nice background on the new album

-thebigfunk

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