{"podcast":{"title":"The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast","slug":"the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794","podcast_index_feed_id":7022794,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MfBMjF0sZI6wMMVz08fN80B_rguhEvP7M-_V-QI3EDs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MjEy/ZTUxZGFmY2NlOTU3/NzBkNzUwNmFhOTQ1/Y2E2OS5qcGc.jpg","author":"WPKN, Jim Motavalli","episode_count":55,"summary":"Jim Motavalli of WPKN features interviews new and archival - artists, movers, shakers, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:18:01.352624+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794"},"episode":{"title":"The Big Musical World of Sam Amidon","slug":"the-big-musical-world-of-sam-amidon","published_at":"2025-12-09T21:06:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/the-big-musical-world-of-sam-amidon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/9adc8a7d","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/9adc8a7d/49485317.mp3","summary":"Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon comes from a New England family deeply involved in old-time music, and he remains devoted to that form--but fused with just about everything else, including jazz and avant-garde music. Amidon, who began playing fiddle at age 3, has recorded in Iceland collaborated with artists as diverse as drummer Milford Graves and guitarist Bill Frisell. As a sideman, he's appeared on albums by Tune-Yards, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The National, and many more. In talking to WPKN December 8, 2025 the talk was about his latest album, Salt River, which contains a take on Ornette Coleman's \"Friends and Neighbors.\" Along with traditional songs, of course.","meta_description":"Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon comes from a New England family deeply involved in old-time music, and he remains devoted to that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1114,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/episodes/the-big-musical-world-of-sam-amidon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/the-big-musical-world-of-sam-amidon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}