For Immediate Release
NEW VIDEO FOR SAM AMIDON’S ‘BLUE MOUNTAINS’ CREATED BY FILMMAKER ANDREA SISSON PREMIERES TODAY AT PASTE.COM
Easthampton, MA – April 20, 2015 – “Blue Mountains” from singer and string-instrumentalist Sam Amidon’s latest Nonesuch Records release Lily-O is an Appalachian ballad that tells an enigmatic tale of a young woman who falls in love with a married man. A new video for the song, created by filmmaker and fine-art/fashion photographer Andrea Sisson, debuts today at Paste.com (bit.ly/BMPaste). The video was shot in Ojai, CA and features Amidon plus model/actress Alex Noiret.
“I met Sam several years ago on a New Year's Eve in Iceland at Greenhouse Studios, amongst vodka, lamb and wild discussions,” Sisson said. “I found Sam on some steps in a corner, reading a book of poetry to a group of my friends; other musicians and artists. When we reconnected in Los Angeles five years later and he asked me to do this piece with him, I thought back to that night and immediately said ‘yes’.”
“When I met Andrea in Iceland we were both pursuing our own artistic endeavors,” Amidon said. “I was making music with Valgeir Sigurðsson and she was doing film and fashion and possibly making her movie I Send You This Place. She makes beautiful videos and conjures magical images. I felt that her light-filled elegiac tone would match up with this song of uncertain adventure, and it did!”
Amidon is currently on tour supporting Sharon Van Etten in Europe and the UK. Following the support dates, Amidon headlines his own string of European shows, culminating in a concert at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on May 10. Amidon makes several US festival appearances this summer including Solid Sound Festival, Eaux Claires and Pickathon. A complete list of tour dates is below and additional US dates will be announced soon.
Amidon’s latest album Lily-O is collaboration with jazz-guitarist Bill Frisell. It has earned raves since its late September release. 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
Andrea Sisson is a multidisciplinary director, photographer and artist. She works in editorial, fine art and fashion photography as well as in narrative and art-based film. She began her career with a BAS in fashion design, a CFDA Honorable Mention for her 2009 portfolio and a Fulbright Fellowship for academia and design. In 2013, Filmmaker Magazine named Sisson one of '25 New Faces of Independent Film.’ She is currently in production of her next feature-length project, a "pop-art sci-fi” called Everything Beautiful Is Far Away.
Model/actress Alex Noiret began modeling for the Ford Agency at age 14. She presently works as an in-demand model at VISION Los Angeles, with clients including Vogue Italia, Purple Magazine, Dazed and Valentino.
Sam Amidon “Blue Mountains” link - www.youtube.com/watch?v=83pAsX4InsI
Video credits:
Video directed by Andrea Sisson
Featuring Alex Noiret
Styling by Michelle Andrews
Cinematography by Pete Ohs
Make-up by Annah Yevelenko
Produced by Lauren-Edward Studio
Clothing courtesy of: Jesse Kamm, LA - Shaina Mote, LA - Kieley Kimmel, LA - Passenger Vintage, LA - The Palatines shoes, LA - Older Brother, LA - Maiden Nior, Seattle
Art & arms by Sage Price, Joe Speier and Sam Amidon
Production & camera assist by Charles Gibson
Editing & additional photography by Andrea Sisson
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Tour Dates
Apr 21 Trinity Bristol, UK *
Apr 23 Vicar St. Dublin, IE *
Apr 25 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, UK *
Apr 26 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, UK *
Apr 27 Sage Gateshead, UK *
Apr 29 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London, UK *
May 1 V11 Rotterdam, NL
May 2 Here Comes The Summer Vlieland, NL
May 3 Poppodium Grenswerk Venlo, NL
May 5 Atlas Aarhus, DK
May 6 Musik Loppen Copenhagen, DK
May 7 Scandic Grand Central Stockholm, SE
May 8 Buckleys Roots & Blues Joint Oslo, NO
May 10 Islington Assembly Hall London, UK
May 29 BAM Brooklyn, NY
May 30 BAM Brooklyn, NY
June 14 Center for Arts at the Armory Somerville, MA
June 27 Solid Sound Festival North Adams, MA
July 17-18 Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI
July 31 Pickathon Happy Valley, OR
Sept 4-6 End of the Road Festival Dorset, UK
* supporting Sharon Van Etten
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