Folk artist Sam Amidon details new James Krivchenia-produced album, Willing Brother Knowing

Willing Brother Knowing follows Amidon's 2025 album Salt River, and Willows, a collaborative album with Pekka Kuusisto and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra released earlier this year. "Innisfree" — positioned in the world of W.B. Yeats' 1888 poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree — lands as the first preview of the collection of songs alongside a music video directed by Allyn Quigley.

Willing Brother Knowing is described as a folk album made of songs and lyrics drawn from folk traditions, but also rock and roll. With Krivchenia on both production and recording, it's another exploratory collaboration for Amidon, who has worked with the likes of Bon Iver, Dijon, and more. With arrangements built on fiddle, guitar, piano, uilleann pipes, and synthesisers, Amidon explores ballads traced anywhere from Ireland to Appalachia.

Willing Brother Knowing artwork

Willing Brother Knowing tracklist

"Daniel In the Lion's Den"
"Hangman"
"China"
"Hiram Stamper"
"The Snow It Melts"
"Innisfree"
"A Trip to Athlone / The Lonesome Jig"
"Dying Californian"
"Vineyard"
"Blackjack Groove"
"Standing in the Doorway"
"Banjo Rock"