Sam Amidon

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Quite simply, nobody else even attempts to do what acclaimed NY City artist and 'folk expressionist' Sam Amidon does. Sam Amidon, born Samuel Tear, has folk music heritage. His ancestors were involved in the upbringings of Appalachian folk, and it continues to serve as a familial passion with an inception that has no bearing on age. Amidon first picked up a fiddle at the age of three and has not looked back since, writing songs before he could properly spell. Perhaps the most notable among his many collaborations is his work with Doveman, the main songwriting vehicle for longtime friend and collaborator Thomas Bartlett. His first foray into a solo career did not come until 2007′s But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted. This album and its follow-up less than year later, All Is Well, earned acclaim for its creative interpretation of traditional folk classics. Amidon’s third full-length is I See the Sign, where he has combined his fascination with both old-time Appalachian folk and contemporary indie-pop into a fusion worth boasting about. Guests like Bartlett, Beth Orton, and Eyvind Kang help Amidon complete his vision to fruition. The result, produced exceptionally by Valgeir Sigurdsson, is a continuation of the presentation of his previous two albums, except this time it sounds more refined and uniquely presented. An absolute gem of a show for Coo at the Jericho.
http://www.samamidon.com/
http://www.myspace.com/samamidon

"Amidon has one of the most inviting voices around today...In bridging the very old and the very new on a handful of albums and collaborations, he has managed to meld the rural and the urban, the organic and the synthetic, the oral tradition and the written score."
-Pitchfork

"Young Sam has a talent for reinterpreting traditional folk standards, and in the hands of the ever-empathetic Valgeir Sigurdsson and his bedroom community, he's produced a work bordering on the timeless."
-David Sylvian

Hannah Peel
Rising musical star Hannah Peel employs music boxes and
hand punched paper scrolls to produce enchanting reworkings of traditional Irish song and 80s synth pop, alongside her own
compositions laced with melancholic childhood tales. Her debut album produced by producer and composer Mike Lindsay (Tunng) and is due for release on Static Caravan later this year. She has been touring most of this year with support slots for Dukes Special, The Unthanks (who she performs with), David Ford Tunng, Isbells and the amazing Olof Arnalds, and appeared on the Culture Show and Later With Jools.. and you may have seen her at Modern Art Oxford or The Music Box @ 02 Academy Oxford. Hannah's 'Organ Song' is also being featured on the new OMD album, Andy McLuskey began a fan on hearing her music box version of 'Electricity' from her 'Rebox EP' released earlier in the year. Radio has been supporting each track and Hannah has earned plays from Gideon Coe, The Freak Zone, Tom Ravenscroft and more.
http://www.myspace.com/hanpeel