Vermont-born fiddler, singer, and banjoist Sam Amidon, who is married to singer-songwriter Beth Orton, plays and sings traditional folk songs in a whole new way. His new Nonesuch-label "Lily-O," might be said to reimagine traditional music The album was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Feist) and features the innovative jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, along with Amidon’s other frequent collaborators, bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Chris Vatalaro. Says Vermont's Burlington Free Press: "Amidon creates songs with familiar traditional tones and structures and bends them in all sorts of unusual directions, from subtly jazzy to quietly psychedelic." This is a bold new step in the field of traditional music, and all from purists to those on the eclectic side owe it to themselves to check it out.

Sam recently appeared with guitarist Bill Frisell on NPR's "World Cafe."