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Sam Amidon: Salt River review – an eclectic if erratic affair
The US musician leads an accomplished yet slightly bland living room session spanning traditional numbers and songs by Lou Reed, Yoko Ono and more
It’s an eclectic if erratic affair, plucking numbers from deep tradition but with Lou Reed, Yoko Ono and Ornette Coleman also on the song sheet. Amidon plays accomplished guitar and fiddle and sings in an easy, unforced style, but vocal animation is not his strong point. Reed’s Big Sky is transformed from rock bombast to quiet wonder, but Ono’s Ask the Elephant vanishes in a puff of whimsy while Coleman’s Friends and Neighbors lacks the original’s exuberance.
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