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Sam Amidon
The son of actors in a theater troupe, author, composer, musician and performer
Sam Amidon was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 3, 1981. Samuel Tear Amidon
began singing with his family and playing the fiddle as a child, before
performing in the band Popcorn Behavior with his brother Stefan and a friend,
Thomas Bartlett. Inspired by traditional Irish music, he broadened his musical
horizons to include indie rock, jazz and early American folk, through the
compilations initiated by Harry Smith and Alan Lomax. Settling in New York in
the late 1990s, he collaborated with the ban...
