Sam Amidon

‘In an era of overheated Nick Drake comparisons, Amidon is eerily close to the real thing.' David Fricke, Rolling Stone

New York-based singer Sam Amidon has won massive acclaim for his ability to radically re-invent traditional songs. To augment his guitar, banjo and fiddle and deadpan vocals, Amidon draws on a host of collaborators for his latest album, I See The Sign, including Nico Muhly for string, woodwind and brass arrangements and Beth Orton for backing harmonies.

Amidon gives voice to the love, hardship and heartache in age-old songs while adding his own improvisations in narrative and structure. Through all this, he manages to sound untrained - a regular soul comforting himself with music before confronting a bleak world.