Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
212.299.777
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Sam Amidon, Photo: Ezra Caldwell
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Thursday Nov 20, 2008 (7:30pm)
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$15
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Tone-deaf to defeatist words like "can't," multi-talented singer/banjoist Sam Amidon tackles a wide range of folk music and art tonight. For the first time in NYC, Amidon combines tunes from his laurel-laden album All Is Well — a release produced by Björk-certified Icelander Valgeir Sigurdsson and featuring Nico Muhly's airy orchestrations — with choice videos, interviews, field recordings, comics, and "pretend liturgical dance." Fiddler Bruce Greene, meanwhile, brings along old-time Appalachian music as his partner-in-time-signatures, Loy McWhirter, warbles lovely ballads from Britain and beyond. With Amidon's made-for-vinyl voice leading the way, monolithic MAD is transformed into an intimate, hushed refuge from the cold hustle-bustle of Columbus Circle.
