BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH Sam Amidon (Warner) The fourth album by the husband of Beth Orton and son of Peter and Mary Alice follows in the footsteps of his parents with Sam Amidon’s signing to iconic US label Nonesuch. The reference points go deeper on this sweetly stark collection of folk song interpretations, which Amidon says were part of the soundtrack of his youth with particular reference to the gorgeous style of shape-note singing found on Weeping Mary, a track which his parents recorded in 1979.
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Less is more for Beth Orton
Even before the release of her first album in 1996, there was plenty of buzz about Beth Orton. She had sung on two albums by her then-boyfriend, electronica musician and producer William Orbit and on the debut by hit electronica outfit The Chemical Brothers.