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Session with Sam Amidon

Lopa Kothari introduces a session from multi-instrumentalist and folk singer from Vermont Sam Amidon. Plus the latest music from around the world.

Multi-instrumentalist and folk singer from Vermont, Sam Amidon is in session. Plus all the latest sounds from around the world with Lopa Kothari. Producer James Parkin.

Born in 1981 and raised in Vermont by folk-musician parents, Sam Amidon sings and plays fiddle, banjo, and guitar. As a teenager, Amidon rose to acclaim as a fiddler, releasing five albums with his band Popcorn Behavior. A musician who plays anything from traditional folk to free jazz, Amidon has released four solo albums, and also plays in the New York-based indie-rock bands Doveman and Stars Like Fleas. Amidon also draws comics and makes videos and his work has shown in the Galleries Kuhturm in Leipzig, Audio Visual Arts in New York City, and in a multimedia performance at New York's Museum of Art and Design.

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Fri 23 Aug 2013 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ses

    Canto aqui Canto na Habana

    • Co Xeno Destrozado.
    • FOLMUSICA.

  • Gogol Bordello

    My Gypsy auto-pilot

    • Pura Vida Conspiracy.
    • ATO Records.

  • Mad Manoush

    Swing Mama

    • Train to New Orleans.
    • iMusician.

  • Gangb茅 Brass Band

    Segala

    • The Rough Guide to Voodoo.
    • World Music Network.

  • Donso

    Djamilla's Secret

    • Denfila.
    • Comet.

  • Ceuzany

    N'ka Por Si

    • Nha Vida.
    • LUSAFRICA.

  • Neuza Monteiro

    Lembranca Antiga

    • Flor di Bila.
    • LUSAFRICA.

  • Sam Amidon

    As I Roved Out

    • 大象传媒 Studio Session.

  • Sam Amidon

    Bright Sunny South

    • 大象传媒 Studio Session.

  • The Bombay Royale

    Mahindra Death Ride

    • You Me Bullets Love.
    • Hope Street.

  • Mokoomba

    Nimukonda

    • Rising Tide.
    • IGLOO.

  • Doug Jernigan

    Buddy's Boogie

    • The Big E-A Salute to Buddy Emmons.
    • MusicPI.

  • Donso

    Mantiaba

    • Denfila.
    • Comet.

  • Otros Aires

    Raro

    • Otros Aires 4 ? Big Man Dancing.
    • Galileo.

  • Sam Amidon

    Weeping Mary

    • 大象传媒 Studio Session.

  • Sam Amidon

    Short Life

    • 大象传媒 Studio Session.

  • Da Lata ft. Luiza Maita

    Um Amor a Mais

    • Um Amor a Mais EP.
    • AGOGO.

  • AMJ Collective

    Sign of the Times

    • Sign.
    • Astar Artes.

  • Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

    Ragtime Cowboy Joe

    • Pickin' n Clickin'.
    • Gordie MacKeeman.

  • Mad Manoush

    Timba Timba

    • Train to New Orleans.
    • iMusician.

  • Mercedes Sosa

    Nocturna

    • La Voz de la Zafra.
    • MILAN.

  • Compay Segundo

    Chan Chan

    • Guantanmera ? The Essential Album.
    • Warner/RHINO.

  • Jimmy Fallon

    Swimming Song

    • Sing me the Songs ? Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Ngoni ba

    Kensogni

    • Jama Ko.
    • Out Here.

  • Laura Veirs

    Sun Song

    • EP Promo.
    • Bella Union.

  • The Garifuna Collective

    Seremi Buguya (Thanks to You)

    • Ayo.
    • Cumbancha.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Aug 2013 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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