SAM AMIDON

Sam Amidon is a singer and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, fiddle) from Vermont, US, now based in London, England. His new album “Salt River” was released by River Lea / Rough Trade on 24th January 2025. He has previously released seven acclaimed albums of songs on Bedroom Community and Nonesuch Records.

The release of “Salt River” was followed by international touring and TV appearances on The Tommy Tiernan Show and Later... with Jools Holland. 2025 also saw the release of the film History of Sound, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor, with Amidon serving as music advisor and performing on the score of the film, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival and as a gala screening at London Film Festival. In 2024, Amidon worked with choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan on the dance theatre music show Nobodaddy for which Sam was nominated as “Outstanding Creative Contribution” by the National Dance Awards Critics Circle in the UK.

Amidon's material for his albums often consists of adventurous reworkings of traditional American ballads, hymns and work songs, with the New York Times writing that Amidon "transforms all of the songs, changing their colors and loading them with trapdoors." The albums have been deeply collaborative in nature, inviting contributions from musicians such as composer Nico Muhly, guitarist Bill Frisell, and on “Salt River,” saxophonist/producer Sam Gendel.

Previously, Sam Amidon has recorded or performed as a guest artist with musicians such as Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, The National, Emmylou Harris, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Gloaming, Lonnie Holley, Manami Kakudo, Jacob Collier, Marc Ribot, and Beth Orton, among many others. He has appeared internationally as a soloist with ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, The Aurora Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Oregon Symphony, Roomful of Teeth, and the Britten Sinfonia.