Nialler9 — Tuesday November 7 Sam Amidon, Laucan @ Whelan’s (€20) Deadly American folk artist on Nonesuch with UK support. Ruby Sessions: Bedouine, Hvmmingbyrd,  Saint Leonard  @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7) Weekly acoustic showcase night fo... more info

Stereogum — Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner threw a massive show at Funkhaus in Berlin last fall, where they welcomed sets from Nils Frahm, Mouse On Mars, Erlend Øye, Woodkid, Boys Noize, Sam Amidon, Damien Rice, My Brightest Diamond, ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Sam Amidon possesses the traits of an archetypal American songster: fiddle and banjo mastery, as well as a lifetime spent among his repertoire of deeply rooted folksongs. His interpretations of traditional tunes and ballads are often expansive rework... more info

Nialler9 — Clonmel Junction Festival announced its lineup for July 3rd to 9th including Included on the music lineup is: This is the Kit, Martin Hayes and David Power, Lankum (formerly Lynched), Crash Ensemble and Sam Amidon, Kate Ellis and Yuki Numata Re... more info

Nialler9 — The eminent Vermont folk musician Sam Amidon has been lined up for a Dublin show on November 7th this year. Tickets priced €20 go on sale this Friday 5th May at 9am through www.whelanslive.com, www.ticketmaster.ie & usual outlets nationwi... more info

Stereogum — The experimental folk musician has built his career by covering and reshaping old songs, usually folk-music traditionals. But on his new album The Following Mountain, Amidon has put together a set of completely new songs, though he did take some of t... more info

Stereogum — Believe it or not, we are only 39 days into the Trump administration, which means we're 39 days into the anti-Trump charity compilation Our First 100 Days. Today's track comes courtesy of avant-folkie Sam Amidon, who pairs up with Inga on fresh track... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks back we shared “Saro,” a lovely ballad by genre-agnostic brass quartet the Westerlies arranged by Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon. Today the band is back with another fascinating exercise in traditional revision, an original composition cal... more info

Stereogum — Well, normally I don’t do this, but, uh, go ‘head on and break ‘em off with a little preview of the traditionally arranged British ballad. The Westerlies are an instrumental quartet bridging jazz, improv, classical, and folk. Their self-titled ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sports at Baby's All Right in February (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Future Punx, Pill, Eaters, Beth Israel, Heaven's Gate, Steep Leans,... more info