Sam Amidon – NPR Music Video Premiere – On Tour

Sam Amidon comes from a family steeped in the folk tradition. Son of members of the Word of Mouth Chorus, Amidon was surrounded by folk music and practiced the musical tradition as a kid. On his new album, Amidon challenges the current definition of the genre by, oddly enough, exercising its original definition: popular music of the people. Bright Sunny South sits contemporary pop covers next to traditional hymns, injecting both with the best of what each has to offer. In the video for “As I Roved Out”, Amidon staggers through the forest, singing out random lyrical excerpts of standard folk songs. Watch the John Hardwick (Blur, Arctic Monkeys) directed video over at NPR here. Amidon is bringing his live show to parts of the US this June:

06/03 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
06/04 – Portland, OR – Holocene
06/06 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
06/07 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
06/16 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
06/19 – Cambridge, MA – TT’s the Bear’s Place
06/20 – Portland, OR – One Longfellow Square
06/22 – North Adams, MA – Solid Sound Festival