13 Facts About Sam Amidon

Samuel Tear Amidon was born on June 3,1981 and is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

Sam Amidon's younger brother, Stefan Amidon, is a professional drummer who performs with The Sweetback Sisters among other groups.

Sam Amidon grew up in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he sang in the family band with his parents and played fiddle from the age of 3.

Sam Amidon attended The Putney School in Putney, Vermont for one year.

In 2001, Sam Amidon self-released Solo Fiddle, an album of traditional Irish fiddle instrumentals.

Sam Amidon has appeared as a guest artist on albums by Tune-Yards, Glen Hansard, Jacob Collier, Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Olof Arnalds, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The National's Grateful Dead Tribute Day Of The Dead, and others.

Sam Amidon has self-published a book, Notes On The Twitterographer.

Sam Amidon has become known for freewheeling concert performances, often with Vatalaro and Ismaily.

Sam Amidon has performed the piece at London's Roundhouse and Barbican, as well as at Cork's Safe Harbour festival in collaboration with the Crash Ensemble.

Between 2002 and 2006, Sam Amidon devised a multimedia program called "Home Alone Inside My Head," consisting of "self-inflicted field recordings," drawn comics, short videos, storytelling and improvisation.

Sam Amidon excerpted the project online and performed it in full at experimental music and art spaces around New York City and Brooklyn and beyond, including NYC's The Kitchen and MAD Museum, Monkeytown in Brooklyn, the AVA gallery on NYC's Lower East Side, Cincinnati's CAC, the Kuhturm Gallery in Leipzig, and MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.

Sam Amidon has performed as part of the Bedroom Community Whale Watching Tour at The Barbican and Reykjavik's Harpa concert hall.

Sam Amidon has done collaborative concerts and mini-tours with artists such as Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, Jason Moran, and Marc Ribot.