Sam Amidon
@samamidon.bsky.social
Voted best rebounder at my local basketball game with 80 percent of the vote, December 2022
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2025 IN REVIEW
2025 In Review | Sam Amidon
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December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
2025 IN REVIEW
2025 IN REVIEW
2025 In Review | Sam Amidon
Get more from Sam Amidon on Patreon
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December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
2025 IN REVIEW
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AOTY!
Gift Songs – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
The Making – Lavinia Blackwall
Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
Blurr – Joanne Robertson
Like a Ribbon – John Glacier
Night Fishing on a Calm Lake – Jerkcurb
Big city life – Smerz
Salt River – Sam Amidon
Getting Killed – Geese
private music – Deftones
Gift Songs – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
The Making – Lavinia Blackwall
Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
Blurr – Joanne Robertson
Like a Ribbon – John Glacier
Night Fishing on a Calm Lake – Jerkcurb
Big city life – Smerz
Salt River – Sam Amidon
Getting Killed – Geese
private music – Deftones
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
AOTY!
Gift Songs – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
The Making – Lavinia Blackwall
Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
Blurr – Joanne Robertson
Like a Ribbon – John Glacier
Night Fishing on a Calm Lake – Jerkcurb
Big city life – Smerz
Salt River – Sam Amidon
Getting Killed – Geese
private music – Deftones
Gift Songs – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
The Making – Lavinia Blackwall
Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
Blurr – Joanne Robertson
Like a Ribbon – John Glacier
Night Fishing on a Calm Lake – Jerkcurb
Big city life – Smerz
Salt River – Sam Amidon
Getting Killed – Geese
private music – Deftones
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8:36 PM "Blue Mountains" by 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐧
from 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑂 (Nonesuch) #nowplaying
from 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑂 (Nonesuch) #nowplaying
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
8:36 PM "Blue Mountains" by 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐧
from 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑂 (Nonesuch) #nowplaying
from 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑂 (Nonesuch) #nowplaying
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Nina Simone
Elvin Jones
De Dannan
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Bulgarian State Television Women's Choir
Nina Simone
Elvin Jones
De Dannan
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Bulgarian State Television Women's Choir
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Cosmo Sheldrake
Sam Amidon
Erik Truffaz
Shabazz Palaces
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
Tanya Tagaq
Dead Can Dance
Einstein on the Beach
Jane Siberry
Sarah MacLachlan
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Nina Simone
Elvin Jones
De Dannan
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Bulgarian State Television Women's Choir
Nina Simone
Elvin Jones
De Dannan
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Bulgarian State Television Women's Choir
New Yorker year-end honourable mention for Salt River alongside a Moby Dick quote and a bunch of fantastic bands/records including @theweatherstation Humanhood which I played some banjo and fiddle on… I’ll take it!
The Best Albums of 2025
There are plenty of albums that might have made the cut on a different day. But good list-making requires hubris, constraint. A moment of wild and fearless conviction.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New Yorker year-end honourable mention for Salt River alongside a Moby Dick quote and a bunch of fantastic bands/records including @theweatherstation Humanhood which I played some banjo and fiddle on… I’ll take it!
Excerpt from Patreon monthly livestream workshop
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excerpt from Patreon monthly livestream workshop
Over at my Patreon we're looking at getting an open tuning guitar sound in standard tuning - come join !
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Over at my Patreon we're looking at getting an open tuning guitar sound in standard tuning - come join !
my favourite rock drumming is Dougie Bowne with Chris Whitley in the 90s
Chris Whitley &The Brides Of Jesus - Erotic City & Light Rain
YouTube video by All Things Chris Whitley
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November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
my favourite rock drumming is Dougie Bowne with Chris Whitley in the 90s
MARKING TIME
Marking Time review – Nico Muhly inspires a brilliant night of beguiling dance
A trio of choreographers respond to Muhly’s vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MARKING TIME
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Love how Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon revisit The Only Tune every couple of years. This one at Sadler's Wells may be my favourite yet. The dancing skeletons and musicians also in skeleton outfits made the dark melody even more sinister and surreal.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Love how Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon revisit The Only Tune every couple of years. This one at Sadler's Wells may be my favourite yet. The dancing skeletons and musicians also in skeleton outfits made the dark melody even more sinister and surreal.
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BBC Radio 3
In Tune
Now Playing
Nico Muhly & Sam Amidon
The Only Tune: III. The Only Tune
In Tune
Now Playing
Nico Muhly & Sam Amidon
The Only Tune: III. The Only Tune
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BBC Radio 3
In Tune
Now Playing
Nico Muhly & Sam Amidon
The Only Tune: III. The Only Tune
In Tune
Now Playing
Nico Muhly & Sam Amidon
The Only Tune: III. The Only Tune
Fantastic article by Nico Muhly in advance of our upcoming performances at Sadlers Wells in London this Thurday-Saturday
Moving beyond bar lines: composer Nico Muhly on dancers reimagining his music
Choreographers hear, somehow, a larger heartbeat; it’s fascinating and revelatory to have them reinterpret your compositions, writes the US musician, ahead of a triple bill featuring his music coming ...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fantastic article by Nico Muhly in advance of our upcoming performances at Sadlers Wells in London this Thurday-Saturday
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BBC Radio 3
20th Century Radicals
Now Playing
Sam Amidon
Friends and Neighbor
20th Century Radicals
Now Playing
Sam Amidon
Friends and Neighbor
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BBC Radio 3
20th Century Radicals
Now Playing
Sam Amidon
Friends and Neighbor
20th Century Radicals
Now Playing
Sam Amidon
Friends and Neighbor
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Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett at Union Chapel and a fantastic London Jazz Festival gig. The collaborations on stage meant this was truly a one-off experience #wearejazz
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett at Union Chapel and a fantastic London Jazz Festival gig. The collaborations on stage meant this was truly a one-off experience #wearejazz
What are your favourite live albums? mine are Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies, Noel Hill & Tony McMahon I gCnoc na Graí, Camille Thurman Inside The Moment, Billy Bang Commandment, Sabir Mateen and Tom Bruno Getting Away With Murder
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What are your favourite live albums? mine are Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies, Noel Hill & Tony McMahon I gCnoc na Graí, Camille Thurman Inside The Moment, Billy Bang Commandment, Sabir Mateen and Tom Bruno Getting Away With Murder
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Listening to Sam Amidon, after watching #TheHistoryofSound now on Mubi
Highly recommend 🎶❤️
Highly recommend 🎶❤️
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Listening to Sam Amidon, after watching #TheHistoryofSound now on Mubi
Highly recommend 🎶❤️
Highly recommend 🎶❤️
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Beth Orton & Sam Amidon @ Vicar Street tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Beth Orton & Sam Amidon @ Vicar Street tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
Update: it is now Thursday at 10 AM
December xmas tour of Ireland with Beth Orton ! ! ! Tickets on sale Thurdsay at 10 AM
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Update: it is now Thursday at 10 AM
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Beth Orton & Sam Amidon @ Vicar Street Dublin December 13th. Tickets on sale general sale Thursdays Oct 30th 10am. Subscriber pre sale starts today.
A unique & unmissable concert with full sets and collaborative performances.
www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
@samamidon.bsky.social
A unique & unmissable concert with full sets and collaborative performances.
www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
@samamidon.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Beth Orton & Sam Amidon @ Vicar Street Dublin December 13th. Tickets on sale general sale Thursdays Oct 30th 10am. Subscriber pre sale starts today.
A unique & unmissable concert with full sets and collaborative performances.
www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
@samamidon.bsky.social
A unique & unmissable concert with full sets and collaborative performances.
www.ticketmaster.ie/beth-orton-s...
@samamidon.bsky.social
December xmas tour of Ireland with Beth Orton ! ! ! Tickets on sale Thurdsay at 10 AM
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
December xmas tour of Ireland with Beth Orton ! ! ! Tickets on sale Thurdsay at 10 AM
The Wagoner's Lad
"The Wagoner's Lad" - Neuland Consort feat. Sam Amidon
YouTube video by Nathan Bontrager
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October 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Wagoner's Lad
RIP Bob Franke, who wrote Thanksgiving Eve... performed here by Isaac Guillory:
Isaac Guillory: Thanksgiving Eve
YouTube video by Cabronosidad
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October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
RIP Bob Franke, who wrote Thanksgiving Eve... performed here by Isaac Guillory: