San Fermin and Sam Amidon Release New Collaboration

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New York – Today San Fermin and Sam Amidon released “Shiver,” their collaboration “that was conceived in the midst of their winter 2015 tour,” via NPR Music. The song will be released digitally on April 8, 2016. Brooklyn-based San Fermin, now an eight-piece touring band – comprised of founder Ellis Ludwig-Leone (keyboard), Allen Tate (vocals), Charlene Kaye (vocals), Rebekah Durham (vocals/violin), John Brandon (trumpet), Stephen Chen (saxophone), Tyler McDiarmid (guitar), and Michael Hanf (drums) - started out in 2012 as the make-shift project by composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leonethat. Since then, San Fermin has developed into a magical baroque pop group, bringing dreams to life.

Sam Amidon comes from a musical family, with folk music at the root of it all. The thirty-four year old singer-songwriter is both a masterful banjo and fiddle player. Together Sam Amidon and San Fermin have created a jazzy folk-pop tune, that’s sure to have you tapping your feet and feeling the beat.

San Fermin’s Ellis Ludwig-Leone explained its creation to NPR Music:
“Shiver” was born while we were on tour together in the chilly Northeast and Midwest this past December. It started with an iPhone recording of Sam’s five year-old son Arthur banging on some drums at the venue in Providence, which I turned into a beat. Sam wrote a banjo line and played a violin solo over that, which we recorded on stage in the minutes before doors opened at our show in Columbus. Once the tour was over, I set the Simic poem (Sam’s idea), Allen laid down vocals, and some of the band members came in to flesh things out. Sam sent over his vocal track from London and that was that.

San Fermin closed out 2015 with sold-out shows at DC’s 9:30 Club and New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. San Fermin is back at in 2016, with a headlining North American tour supporting the deluxe edition of the album, Jackrabbit (Downtown Records). Esmé Patterson, Your Friend, and Ivan & Alyosha will join San Fermin on select dates. More 2016 dates will soon be announced. Sam Amidon’s latest release Lily-O (Nonesuch Records), is a collaboration with pioneering jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Omnivore Recordings recently reissued Amidon’s debut But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted, which had been long out of print. Amidon performs at this weekend’s Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

 

San Fermin Tour Dates:
03/31/16: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
04/01/16: Missoula, MT – The Top Hat *
04/04/16: Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre *
04/05/16: Omaha, NE – Waiting Room *
04/06/16: Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon *
04/07/16: Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center *
04/08/16: Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
04/09/16: Holland, MI – Park Theatre @ Hope College *
04/11/16: Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
04/12/16: Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place *
04/13/16: Ithaca, NY – The Haunt *
04/14/16: Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
04/15/16: Baltimore, MD – Ottobar *
04/30/16: Indianapolis, IN – InFusion Festival
05/02/16: Dallas, TX – Club Dada %
05/03/16: Austin, TX – Parish %
05/05/16: Kansas City, MO – Middle of the Map Festival %
05/07/16: Galesburg, IL – Knox College
05/26/16: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #
05/27/16: Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones #
05/28/16: Napa, CA – BottleRock
06/05/16: Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Fest
07/08/16: Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/10/16: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa BluesFest
07/17/16: Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Folk Festival
07/23/16: Calgary, AB – Calgary Folk Festival
08/05/16: St. Charles, IA – Hinterland Music Festival
* w/ Esmé Patterson
% w/ Your Friend

 

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