Sam Amidon to play Mountain Stage, Big Ears and more

SAM AMIDON TO PLAY MOUNTAIN STAGE, BIG EARS FESTIVAL, PLUS SHOWS WITH STEVE GUNN, NELS CLINE AND MORE   REISSUE OF AMIDON’S BUT THIS CHICKEN PROVED FALSEHEARTEDPLANNED   “A folk/bluegrass troubadour from Vermont, who delves into shape-note traditions and Appalachian ballads and makes it all beguilingly his own. His guitar lines have the fancy fingerwork of a crack banjo player and his banjo lines have the tugging suspensions of a jazzer.” – The Guardian   Imaginative, unconventional singer and musician Sam Amidon makes his debut appearance at West Virginia’s famed Mountain Stage on March 22 and in the lineup of the genre-blending Big Ears Festival in Knoxville March 27-29. Amidon keeps good company on additional spring US tour dates, sharing a bill in Ashville with singer and guitarist Steve Gunn (March 24) and with guitarist Nels Cline and his Stained Radiance project (a collaboration between Cline and painter Norton Wisdom) in Decatur, GA and Carrboro, NC (March 25, 26). In April, Amidon heads to Europe to support Sharon Van Etten and then follows in early May with his own headlining concerts in Europe including one at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on May 10 (tour dates below; additional European headlining shows announced soon). Amidon’s latest release, Lily-O has earned raves since its late September release on Nonesuch Records. Hailed as “hauntingly beautiful” by The New York Times, “… Lily-O somehow feels deeply reassuring… his highly personal approach opens a window on the American past and lets us feel it like nothing else around.” – NPR  Later this year Amidon re-issues his 2006 release But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted. The long out of print re-issue will feature several previously unreleased bonus tracks and be available for the first time on vinyl. It will also be available as a digital download. Further details will be announced soon through Amidon’s newly-designed website, samamidon.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: nonesuch.com, samamidon.com, facebook.com/samamidonmusic or follow @samamidon on Twitter Tour Dates               Mar 22                         Mountain Stage                                   Charleston, WV              Mar 24                         The Mothlight                                       Asheville, NC ^              Mar 25                         Eddie’s Attic                                         Decatur, GA #              Mar 26                         The Arts Center                                   Carrboro, NC#              Mar 27-29                    Big Ears Festival                                  Knoxville, TN              Apr 15                         Handelsbeurs Concertzaal                   Gent, BE              Apr 16                         The Reflektor                                        Llege, BE*              Apr 17                         Botanique                                              Brussels, BE*              Apr 18                         Rockhal                                                 Luxembourg, LU*              Apr 19                         Paradiso Noord                                     Amsterdam, NL*              Apr 21                         Trinity                                                    Bristol, UK *              Apr 25                         Brudenell Social Club                            Leeds, UK *              Apr 27                         Sage                                                      Gateshead, UK *              Apr 29                         O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire                 London, UK *              May 8                          Buckleys Roots & Blues Joint               Oslo, NO              May 10                        Islington Assembly Hall                         London, UK   ^ Denotes co-bill with Steve Gunn # Denotes co-bill with Nels Cline/Stained Radiance * Denotes supporting Sharon Van Etten