Brooklyn Vegan — photo: San Fermin @ 2015 Sweetlife Fest (more by Mimi Hong) Chamber pop ensemble San Fermin are currently on the road with Alt-J but have just added a string of dates at the end of the year with Sam Amidon.... more info

Nialler9 — Next weekend, the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival will take over the port and city of Cork. Curated by Bryce Dessner of The National, the festival will feature shows from The Gloaming, Wild Beasts,Julianna Barwick, My Brightest Diamond, Sam Amido... more info

Nialler9 — Anna Calvi, Sam Amidon, Thomas Bartlett, Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens, NYC cabaret performer Justin Vivian Bond, Cathal Coughlan of The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney,Adrian Crowley, writer Pat McCabe, and more are to take part in Blood & The M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Will Oldham and Eighth Blackbird  @ Prospect Park 6/18/2015 It was a lovely evening on Thursday (6/18) for a free Celebrate Brooklyn! show at the Prospect Park Bandshell. The night featured a few interesting pairings. First..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Thao / Cults / Richard Reed Parry & Sam Amidon / Jake Shears, Lonnie Holley & more Mr. Russell's eerie, solitary side was assigned to Lonnie Holley, singing in a bluesy, abstracted tone (and sometimes whistling) over... more info

Stereogum — The photograph on the cover of Sam Amidon’s latest album, last year’s Lily-O, shows a couple of young girls sitting in a sun-soaked pasture, innocent to the band of armed men congregated menacingly just over the hill. This sense of blissful ignor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Like last year, the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy will host a two-night tribute concert at BAM. Last year was William Onyeabor, and this year they'll be paying tribute to the late, great Arthur Russell whose music spanned folk,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Having just released a new album, Guitar in the Space Age!, and played a few shows with Sam Amidon including one at Music Hall of Williamsburg, six string virtuoso Bill Frisell will be staying busy for the foreseeable future.... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The latest release from the Red Hot Organization is a tribute compilation to the late cellist and experimental composer Arthur Russell, whose work spanned the verse of classical music, disco, country, folk and the avant-garde. The players on this rel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sam Amidon at SXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Sam Amidon, Bill Frisell, Shahzad Ismaily, Cy Dune @ Music Hall of Williamsburg... more info