I Just Read About That…

[DID NOT ATTEND: February 23, 2024] This is the Kit / Sam Amidon

This is the Kit played Johnny Brenda’s back in October.  They are a band I know from NPR Music and I haven’t thought of them in a while.  I recall liking their music but that there was something unusual about it.

I enjoyed this blurb about them from bandcamp:

This Is The Kit is the musical project of Kate Stables and whoever joins her. You thought you didn’t like the banjo but you were wrong pal. Listen as Kate rips forward with her hypnotic twang pattern and a voice of rare, unaffected beauty.

Kate has a very British delivery.  Reading my review of their Tiny Desk Concert, I really liked them more than I remembered.

I’m happy for them that they have moved from Johnny Brenda’s to World Cafe Live and maybe this will get them some airplay on WXPN.

I already had tickets to see Portugal. The Man this evening, and I’ve been wanting to see them for years, so they win out.

Sam Amidon’s name sounds familiar but i think I kept mixing him up with someone else, because I was surprised to read that

Amidon works in folk, classical and jazz, re-imagining traditional tunes as contemporary conservatory music with minimalist grit. Few artists have drawn as strong a personal statement from the public domain.

His voice is interesting and he seems like he’d be an enjoyable time, but I don’t think I’d want to drive too far to hear him,