Rollo & Grady — This is beautiful – via SVB. MP3: Beth Orton & Sam Amidon – Thirteen (Big Star) Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Alex Lewis Sam Amidon @ Big Ears Fest (more by Andrew Frisicano) Sam Amidon sung the very first note at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on Friday. Overshadowed on the festival's bill by the likes of famed rock... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Sufjan Stevens Collaborations were the order of the day on Big Ears' Saturday, March 27th schedule (day two). At 1pm, the 802 Tour - Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) and Sam Amidon with violist Nadia Sirota -... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Sam Amidon, accompanied by Thomas Bartlett, ushered in the first show of the 2010 Big Ears Festival at the Knoxville Museum of Art on Friday (3/26) with "Wild Bill Jones," his own version of the Appalachian folk... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Lush and layered folky sounds....Lush and layered folky sounds. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Efterklang It's rare that I enjoy every artist on the line-up, but Wednesday night's show at Le Poisson Rouge hit all the right notes. Sure, I was a bit bummed out that Balmorhea had canceled... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Daníel Bjarnason - Bow to String I. "Sorrow Conquers Happiness" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Efterklang - Modern Drift (MP3) Daníel Bjarnason... Tonight's Efterklang's show at (Le) Poisson Rouge (3/3) has been merged ... more info