Bright Sunny South

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For the Alison Krauss song, see Bright Sunny South (song).
Bright Sunny South
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Studio album by Sam Amidon
Released May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
Recorded Snap Recording Studios and Livingston Studios, London
Genre Folk, pop rock[1]
Length 35:18
Label Nonesuch
Producer Sam Amidon, Jerry Boys, Thomas Bartlett
Sam Amidon chronology
I See the Sign
(2010)I See the Sign2010		 Bright Sunny South
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 80/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
American Songwriter 3/5 stars[3]
Consequence of Sound C+[4]
DIY 7/10[5]
Drowned in Sound 7/10[6]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[7]
musicOMH 4/5 stars[8]
Paste 8.4/10[9]
Pitchfork Media 7.7/10[10]
Popmatters 7/10 discs[11]

Bright Sunny South is an album by Sam Amidon released May 14, 2013, by Nonesuch Records[1][12] The album was recorded at Snap Recording Studios and Livington Studios in London.[12] Amidon, his friend Thomas Bartlett (a.k.a. Doveman), and Jerry Boys produced the album. Amidon sings and performs banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and piano on the album. Bartlett performs several instruments, as do Shahzad Ismaily and Chris Vatalaro; Kenny Wheeler performs trumpet on two tracks.

Bright Sunny South includes interpretations of both traditional and contemporary songs, like Tim McGraw’s “My Old Friend” and Mariah Carey’s “Shake It Off," as well as a new take on “Weeping Mary,” a shape-note hymn that his parents, Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, had recorded with the Word of Mouth Chorus for Nonesuch Records on the 1977 album Rivers of Delight: American Folk Hymns from the Sacred Harp Tradition.[12][13] NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep describes Bright Sunny South as "a new spin on very traditional American folk music."[14]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bright Sunny South"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon[12] 4:24
2. "I Wish I Wish"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 2:47
3. "Short Life"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:01
4. "My Old Friend"   McEwan/Wiseman, arranged by Amidon/Bartlett 2:42
5. "He's Taken My Feet"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 4:28
6. "Pharaoh"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 4:09
7. "As I Roved Out"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:43
8. "Shake It Off"   Cox/Carey/Austin/Dupri, arranged by Amidon 1:55
9. "Groundhog"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 0:46
10. "Streets of Derry"   Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:54
11. "Weeping Mary"   McCurry/Power, arranged by Amidon/Bartlett 3:17

Personnel

References

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