Sam Amidon – review

Vortex, LondonThere is an air of butter-wouldn't-melt impishness about American folk singer Sam Amidon, something teasing that keeps you on your toes. He gives this impression partly because he has the curly mop and wide eyes of an overgrown five-year-old. But it is more than that: his whole performance is built on wrong-footing his audience, in ways that make us laugh, then shock us into rapt attention.In honour of this jazz-club venue, he opens with a tribute to the artists who may have perfor...

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