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- Summary: The fifth full-length release from the Vermont-born indie folk artist features contributions from Bill Frisell and was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Traditional Folk
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| Da da da, Da da da, Da da da da da. One morning, one morning, One morning in May, I overheard a married man to a young girl say: "Go dress you up... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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MagnetNov 5, 2014The treatments are smartly contemporary, balancing Amidon's clawhammer banjo with Frisell's echoing electric guitar, backed by jazz-inflected bass and drums. [No. 114, p.53]
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Sep 29, 2014It’s heartfelt and sincere without pandering to any audience.
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Oct 22, 2014Culling lyrics from the public domain and recording with few overdubs or added takes, Amidon and a group of trusted players perform Lily-O with an immense, artistic daring.
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Sep 29, 2014Sam Amidon’s new set of “reimagined folk songs” is a compellingly quiet, intense affair that is remarkable both for the power of his understated, no-nonsense and often mournful vocals, and for the subtle arrangements that bring an urgency to his mostly traditional American songs and hymns.
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UncutSep 29, 2014Technology's presence just goes to show how untamable Amidon's unself-conscious, creaky-rope voice is. [Nov 2014, p.71]
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Sep 29, 2014Somehow at once entertaining, comforting, and challenging, Lily-O sees Amidon again pushing his distinctive perspectives through songs that belong to everybody.
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Oct 9, 2014There is nothing on Lily-O to break the spell these musicians have too carefully cast. In other words, there is nothing to get Amidon out of his own head or out of our collective past.
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