Watch Sam Amidon's Tiny Desk Concert on NPR

For Immediate Release   WATCH SAM AMIDON’S TINY DESK CONCERT ON NPR SEE AMIDON IN CONCERT IN CHICAGO, ANN ARBOR AND TORONTO HEAR AMIDON’S LILY-O, OUT NOW ON NONESUCH RECORDS   Singer, string-instrumentalist and traditional song re-interpreter Sam Amidon recently visited NPR to record a Tiny Desk Concert. Free-jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist/percussionist Shahzad Ismaily, both of whom are featured on Amidon’s acclaimed new Nonesuch Records release Lily-O, joined Amidon for the taping. Watch the three-song performance here and see why the New York Observer recently called Amidon the “spokesman for the new, weird America.” Amidon performs two shows this week in Chicago on Dec. 6 and 7, followed by concerts in Ann Arbor at The Ark on Dec. 8 and in Toronto at The Drake Hotel on Dec. 10. Amidon’s Chicago concerts include an opening spot on the second night of Wilco’s sold-out residency at the Riviera Theatre (Dec. 6) and a concert at The Hideout (Dec. 7). Amidon will support Sharon Van Etten on select UK dates in 2015. (Full tour schedule follows). On Lily-O, Amidon continues to re-work mostly traditional songs into something completely new and distinctively his own. Recorded in Iceland with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson, Lily-O continues to earn critical praise, heralded recently by the Chicago Reader as “terrific” and “hauntingly beautiful” by the New York Times.    FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: nonesuch.com, samamidon.com, facebook.com/samamidonmusic or follow @samamidon on Twitter Tour Dates                                        Dec 6                         Riviera Theatre                      Chicago, IL%                                      Dec 7                         The Hideout                           Chicago, IL                                      Dec 8                         The Ark                                  Ann Arbor, MI                                      Dec 10                       The Drake Hotel                    Toronto, ON                                      Jan 27                        Mitchell Library                      Glasgow, UK #                                      Mar 27                       Big Ears Festival                    Knoxville, TN                                      Apr 18                        Rockhal                                 Esch-sur-Alzette, LU                                      Apr 19                        Paradiso                                Amsterdam, NL                                                       Apr 21                        Trinity                                     Bristol, UK *                                      Apr 25                        Brudenell Social Club            Leeds, UK *                                      Apr 27                        Sage                                      Gateshead, UK *                                      Apr 29                        Shepherd's Bush Empire       London, UK *   ^ supporting Bill Frisell Trio  |  # supporting Karine Polwart  % supporting Wilco  |  * supporting Sharon Van Etten