Sam Amidon’s The Following Mountain remains one of the most adventurous, genre breaking, exciting records in the “folk sphere” in this decade, maybe of all time? This album is just genius and after listening to a lot more Arthur Russell, among other similar things, since this came out I’m even more appreciative of it.

Also seeing Sam with Sam Gendel, Shazad Ismaily and Milford Graves at Union Pool was a revelatory experience.