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  See Sam Amidon Wield a Possessed Banjo in 'As I Roved Out'

  May 17, 2013 – Sam Amidon puts his unique touch on the old Irish folk song "As I Roved Out" on his brand new album Bright Sunny South, but he reinvents it even further for the video above. Directed by John Hardwick (Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Dido), the clip begins with our host standing in the woods, reading from a piece of paper: "This song is about how you might be out on a cold winter's night ... …
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  Hear Sam Amidon's Heartstring-Strumming 'My Old Friend'

  April 9, 2013 – Well-loved independent folkie Sam Amidon will release his next album with the estimable Nonesuch Records, Brooklyn Vegan reports. According to the label's website, Bright Sunny South will be available May 14. The set was produced by Amidon with an assist from Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett (Iron & Wine, the National, Sharon Van Etten) and British engineer Jerry Boys (Buena Vista Social Club, R.E.M.). …
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  New Albums from MGMT & 6 More!

  April 13, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: MGMT, CongratulationsAfter an uneasy stroll in the celeb spotlight, MGMT regroup for an even quirkier pop-rock pageant.Read Review >> Kaki King, JuniorHeartsick guitar heroine turns rage into riffage.Read Review >> Coheed and Cambria, Year of the Black RainbowCould we just stop here and avoid the comic book?Read Review >> Sam Amid …
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  New Albums from Peter Gabriel & More!

  March 2, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Peter Gabriel, Scratch My BackKilling us softly with somebody else's songs.Read Review >> Rogue Wave, PermalightDepressive NoCal indie poppers rock out gleefully.Read Review >> Sam Amidon, I See the SignAcoustic alchemist works it like a real freak folkie.Read Review >>  …
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• Sam Amidon, 'I See the Sign' (Bedroom Community)

  February 21, 2010 – It's been more than a decade since Moby reinvented vintage field recordings as space-age nightclub blues. Sam Amidon works similarly quirky alchemy here,reinventing public-domain songs (plus one modern-day ringer) as rustic mood music for watching distant super-novas explode. But the results have noneof the musty aftertaste such a description implies, contrasting pretty sounds with violent lyrical undercurrents. …
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