Vermont's Sam Amidon has been immersed in traditional folk and mountain tunes pretty much all his life, and worked once again with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Chris Vatalaro on this, his 6th collection of them. But this time, it's as much a duet album between him and Bill Frisell, one of our favorite guitarists at WNCW. Add to that the icy, sparse, dissonant, edgy arrangements of producer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Sigur Ros, Bonnie "Prince" Billy), and you get some wildly different interpretations of "Walkin' Boss", "Your Lone Journey", "Groundhog", and others. Amidon has been a huge fan of Frisell and Sigurdsson for years, and it shows.
Thursday Night the 4th between 9pm and Midnight: SAM AMIDON - Lily-O
