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After an October full of great releases, looks like slow going for most of the rest of the year, despite a couple of noteworthy Wu-related exceptions. So let’s look forward to 2008, okay? Two people with exquisite taste recommended Samamidon’s “Saro” to me within hours of each other, and, despite the amateurish video, it’s a devastatingly sad and affecting song. Poor Sam sounds like his heart’s been broken and he’s painfully lonely; but, there’s a glimmer of hope in his longing. This, of course, makes the song even more heartbreaking. Breakup song of the year (in 1849).

mp3:
Samamidon Saro

Turns out that Samamidon’s “Saro” is actually a variation of an old (possibly British) traditional folk ballad of unknown origin. Here’s an older version from the 1920s/30s (via).

mp3:
unknown artist Pretty Saro

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Samamidon’s All Is Well comes out on Bedroom Community in February 2008. I can’t wait to hear it.

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