Artist description Songs that sound, like the lazy that goes with summer; the ick that goes with mud; the roll which goes with ocean....

Music Style Singer-songwriter

Musical Influences Leonard Cohen, W.B.Yeats, Samuel Barber, William Carlos Williams, Nick Drake...

Similar Artists Van Morrison, Beth Orton, Federico Garcia Lorca, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, John Asbery...

Artist History Sam Sampson, started writing songs and poems, in 1988. A number of these have been released on self-produced albums, while his poems have been published extensively in journals.

Group Members Sam Sampson. Karl Benton, Shayn Wills, Angela Fox, David Hallet, Yury Frolov, Andrew Dixon.

Instruments Acoustic guitar; Acoustic Bass; Electric guitar; Rhodes piano; Keyboard; Harmonica; Backing vocals; Drums.

Albums The Waters are Clear (1992) Frost-Like Vision (1994) In the Wasteland (1996) The Sam Sampson Collection (1998)

Press Reviews "(Waters Are Clear).... The title track, and a couple of others on this self-produced album are very good. 'Graham Reid, N.Z. Herald"

Location Auckland, Mt Eden - New Zealand

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