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Sam Amidon: Salt River

Salt River Sam Amidon River Lea Records RLR027CD/LP (CD/LP, UK, 24 January 2025)

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sam Gendel;
Vocals on tracks 2-3, 5-6, 8 recorded by Leo Abrahams;
Mastered by Mike Bozzi;
Artwork and design by Sam Gendel

KLOF Magazine UK review by Danny Neill

Musicians

Sam Amidon: vocals [2-3, 5-10], guitar [1-2, 5-10], fiddle [3-4, 8, 10];
Sam Gendel: soprano saxophone [1], alto saxophone [3], synthesiser [1, 9], synthesiser instrumens [2-6, 8], guitar [3], additional electronic percussion [3], wind controller [6, 10], organ [7], sarune bolon [9], additional vocals [9];
Philippe Melanson: electronic percussion, shakers [6], additional vocals [9];
Marcella Cytrynowicz: additional vocals [9]

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. Oldenfjord (1.45)
2. Three Five (4.18)
3. Big Sky (3.59)
4. Tavern (3.14)
5. Golden Willow Tree (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (7.36)

LP Side 2

6. I’m on My Journey Home (Roud 12368) (4.16)
7. Ask the Elephant (2.02)
8. Cusseta (Roud 15086) (5.51)
9. Friends and Neighbors (6.02)
10. Never (4.42)

Track 1 Grey Larsen;
Track 2 trad., Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel;
Track 3 Lou Reed;
Track 4 Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel, Philippe Melanson, incorporates the trad. tune Salt River;
Track 5 trad. arr. Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel;
Track 6 trad. arr. Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel, Philippe Melanson, incorporates the 1859 shape note song by Sarah Lancaster;
Track 7 Yoko Ono;
Track 8 trad., arr. Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel, 1844 shape note song by JOhn Massengale;
Track 9 Ornette Coleman;
Track 10 trad., Sam Amidon, incorporates the fiddle tune Her Long Dark Hair Flowing Down Her Back by Junior Crehan