hi people -

1.
i'm very excited to say that Samamidon will be on tour opening for Anathallo in March. Anathallo is a completely great band from Chicago, check out their myspace: myspace.com/anathallo. They seem like really nice people too. Wow. I hope to see you there.

2.
if you're in europe:
i'm about to be in italy on tour with my friend ryland bouchard (myspace.com/rylandbouchard). ryland has a beautiful video for a beautiful song, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPzLTABb2Ko

3. speaking of irish music, i have a trad-irish trio, playing fiddle with geniuses keith murphy and isaac alderson (playing guitar/mandolin and flute/pipes respectively), who are almost done with our many-years-in-the-making first album. we have a myspace
myspace.com/amidonaldersonmurphy
please listen to the track called "bird in the bush plus lecture by isaac."

4. speaking of fake irish scat singing, here is a new years gift:

http://samamidon.com/charlie.mp3

sam amidon: violin & singing
jamey aebersold: play-along cd producer

5.
byebye!

cheers,
sam

ps see the wrestler. see che (only if you go to both parts). see silent light. listen to the new q-tip record. listen to sarah siskind. be good to other people.