Sam Amidon
I See The Sign

The world is beautiful because it is diverse, says an old adage.

It must be for this reason that I confess the great pleasure I am feeling at this moment, with the last sonic assault of "Fosforo e Blu" by Afterhours still ringing in my ears, the notes, the words, but above all the light singing enclosed in the latest album by Sam Amidon.

I got to know Sam Amidon years ago with his first album of American traditional covers.

A true jewel.

Back then, in the review I wrote, I compared him without much bashfulness to Nick Drake.

Now, I think the beauty of Nick Drake's voice is known to many.

And Nick Drake's voice in Pink Moon is something even more special.

It's the voice of the interpreter of an imaginary dialogue between silence and a guitar.

Amidon's voice, I am not ashamed to say, remembers it in a moving way, even in this third chapter of covers.

He may not be Nick Drake, and he may not be the Nick Drake of Pink Moon, but his voice, often as if immersed in the reverb of an empty and lonely room (it's enough to listen to "Kedron"), seems to have descended from heaven to remind us that ancient voice really did exist.

Together with his silent friend and faithful guitar.

And we must be grateful to him for this.