{"id":854,"date":"2011-08-15T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivethousand.co.uk\/?p=854"},"modified":"2011-11-02T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T16:18:44","slug":"5000-and-pull-up-the-roots-presents-sam-amidon-18-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000mgmt.com\/5000-and-pull-up-the-roots-presents-sam-amidon-18-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"5000 and Pull Up The Roots presents SAM AMIDON, 18 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPresented with\u00a0Pull Up The Roots<\/a> and with support from Rachael Dadd<\/a>,<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sam Amidon<\/a> was born\u00a0Samuel Tear\u00a0in Brattleboro, Vermont, 1981, to Peter and Mary Alice\u00a0Amidon, both well established\u00a0performers and teachers of folk, a music which\u00a0runs freely throughout the New England heartland. Growing up in this solid environment with strong\u00a0family ties most certainly set the scene for Sam\u2019s musical trajectory. His little brother is the great\u00a0Stefan Amidon, who is a drummer.<\/p>\n

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“A folk singer in the traditional sense, Abidon crafts old songs in new ways. Nursery rhymes, a love tune by Big\u00a0Star, gnarled gospel, an R&B ballad by R Kelly… either way, it is startling, moving stuff.” – The Guardian<\/p>\n

Learning fiddle at the age of three, and recording\/performing since 1988, Sam has been involved musically with\u00a0The Amidons\u00a0(a band\u00a0formed by his parents that is dedicated to traditional dance and music forms), Popcorn Behavior\/Assembly,\u00a0Doveman, Stars Like Fleas,\u00a0Nico\u00a0Muhly,\u00a0Childsplay,\u00a0Wild Asparagus,Siucra,\u00a0Markus James,\u00a0Seamus Egan,\u00a0Billy Budd,\u00a0Tall Firs,\u00a0Elysian Fields\u00a0and\u00a0Eye Contact, to name quite\u00a0a few.<\/p>\n

“Amidon grew up singing folk music in Brattleboro, Vermont; his parents were members of the Word of Mouth chorus, a community choir which performed\u00a0sacred harp hymns in the 1970s.\u00a0As a vocalist, Amidon is preternaturally calm,\u00a0poised, but never cold, and when he finds an\u00a0affirmation of faith, it’s hard not to feel that liberation deep down in your\u00a0gut.” – Pitchfork<\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s first album, ‘Solo Fiddle’, was released in 2001, and has been followed by five others, the latest 2010’s ‘I See The Sign’<\/p>\n

7.30 doors
\n\u00a312.50 at\u00a0WeGotTickets<\/a>,\u00a0SeeTickets<\/a> and\u00a0TicketWeb
\n<\/a>\u00a315 door<\/p>\n

Cecil Sharp House<\/a>
\n2 Regent’s Park Road
\nCamden
\nLondon NW1 7AY
\nWalking map from Camden Tube<\/a><\/p>\n

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