Sam Amidon on Reimagining Folk Music with ‘The Following Mountain’

Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, Bill Frisell, and Shahzad Ismaily Join Sam Amidon in Reimagining Folk Music on Nonesuch

Sam Amidon has been playing music as a career for most of his life. He takes us from his days of performing with his parents to a trio called Popcorn Behavior to his recent solo work, reimagining folk music, which includes repurposing R. Kelly lyrics. He also discusses collaborating with Glenn Kotche of Wilco and Bill Frisell. His latest, a collaboration with Shahzad Ismaily, Milford Graves, and Sam Gendel is The Following Mountain, on the Nonesuch label.

Regarding Popcorn Behavior though, we couldn’t NOT embed a video of young Sam, jamming out with his friends. That’s him in the middle!