Sam Amidon to Tour Following Release of New Album, "Lily-O"

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Sam Amidon, whose new album of reimagined folks songs, Lily-O, is due September 30, will tour the US and Europe this fall in support of the new release. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Shahzad Ismaily, both of whom are on the new album, will join Amidon on select dates. Amidon also performs with Kronos Quartet and other label mates as part of Nonesuch Records at BAM later this month.

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Singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist Sam Amidon, whose new album of reimagined folks songs, Lily-O, is due out on Nonesuch September 30, will tour the US and Europe this fall in support of the new release. The Innovative jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell and bassist Shahzad Ismaily, both of whom perform on the new album, will join Amidon on select dates. Amidon also performs with Kronos Quartet and other label mates as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's celebration of Nonesuch's 50th anniversary, Nonesuch Records at BAM, later this month. See below for all of the currently announced shows; additional dates will be announced soon.

Lily-O, which was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Feist), is available to pre-order now on iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl (the latter due October 28) orders include an instant download of the album track "Walkin’ Boss" and a download of the complete album available starting release day.

SAM AMIDON ON TOUR

Sep 20 BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Brooklyn, NY
Sep 21 FreshGrass Festival, MASS MoCA North Adams, MA
Oct 11 Ballard Homestead Seattle, WA
Oct 13 Great American Music Hall* San Francisco, CA
Oct 14 Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
Oct 16 Wolf Trap* Vienna, VA
Oct 17 FringeArts* Philadelphia, PA
Oct 18 Music Hall of Williamsburg* Brooklyn, NY
Oct 20 The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
     
Nov 14 Whelans Dublin, IRELAND
Nov 16 EFG London Jazz Festival, Barbican Hall* London,UK
Nov 17 Paradiso Tolhuistuin Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Nov 18 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BELGIUM
Nov 19 Kleiner Donner Hamburg, GERMANY
Nov 20 Monarch Berlin, GERMANY
Nov 21 Franz Mehlhose Erfurt, GERMANY
Nov 24 El Lokal Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Nov 25 Basel at Parterre Basel, SWITZERLAND
Nov 26 Antigua Fàbrica Damm Barcelona, SPAIN
     

* w/ Bill Frisell and Shahzad Ismaily

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    Sam Amidon to Tour Following Release of New Album, "Lily-O"
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    Singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist Sam Amidon, whose new album of reimagined folks songs, Lily-O, is due out on Nonesuch September 30, will tour the US and Europe this fall in support of the new release. The Innovative jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell and bassist Shahzad Ismaily, both of whom perform on the new album, will join Amidon on select dates. Amidon also performs with Kronos Quartet and other label mates as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's celebration of Nonesuch's 50th anniversary, Nonesuch Records at BAM, later this month. See below for all of the currently announced shows; additional dates will be announced soon.

    Lily-O, which was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Feist), is available to pre-order now on iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl (the latter due October 28) orders include an instant download of the album track "Walkin’ Boss" and a download of the complete album available starting release day.

    SAM AMIDON ON TOUR

    Sep 20 BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Brooklyn, NY
    Sep 21 FreshGrass Festival, MASS MoCA North Adams, MA
    Oct 11 Ballard Homestead Seattle, WA
    Oct 13 Great American Music Hall* San Francisco, CA
    Oct 14 Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
    Oct 16 Wolf Trap* Vienna, VA
    Oct 17 FringeArts* Philadelphia, PA
    Oct 18 Music Hall of Williamsburg* Brooklyn, NY
    Oct 20 The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
         
    Nov 14 Whelans Dublin, IRELAND
    Nov 16 EFG London Jazz Festival, Barbican Hall* London,UK
    Nov 17 Paradiso Tolhuistuin Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
    Nov 18 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BELGIUM
    Nov 19 Kleiner Donner Hamburg, GERMANY
    Nov 20 Monarch Berlin, GERMANY
    Nov 21 Franz Mehlhose Erfurt, GERMANY
    Nov 24 El Lokal Zurich, SWITZERLAND
    Nov 25 Basel at Parterre Basel, SWITZERLAND
    Nov 26 Antigua Fàbrica Damm Barcelona, SPAIN
         

    * w/ Bill Frisell and Shahzad Ismaily

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