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A founder member of the award-winning band 422, Sam scooped top honours at the BBC Young Folk Awards in 1999. He then went on to showcase with 422 on the main stage at Cambridge Folk Festival and to perform at the prestigious Tonder festival in Denmark. He is a brilliant accordion player and is rapidly making a name as a respected teacher, with an engaging personality and the most infectious smile on the folk scene. Take a look at Sam's website! Karen Tweed "Sam is an outstanding young accordionist whose eclectic tastes and sensitive ear have ensured that the traditional music on the piano accordion is fit and raring to go!" More about SamSam, from Yorkshire plays a 96 Converter Bass, Pigini, Piano Accordion. His main influences have been Linda Convery who originally taught Sam the accordion and Folkworks Summer Schools. Karen Tweed acted as a mentor for Sam, who has also been influenced by David Oliver, Ian Lowthian, Sandy Brechin, Colette O'Leary and foreign players, such as Maria Kalenimi. Sam loves French Canadian Music and uses the French Canadian style of foot percussion whilst playing the accordion - which is amazing to watch! Sam has played with young guitarist David Wood in a duo called 'AAAAG'. They appeared on Kathryn Tickells Radio 2 program 'Bright Young Things' after less than a year together and reached the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 1998. The following year Sam won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award with 422. After this, the band launched their highly acclaimed debut album 'One' on Fellside Records which was released in 2000. Sam has since recorded '12 Little Devils' with another band he plays with, The Pack. 422's have since released two more CDs: "New Numbers" and "Major Third", the latter in 2005. Other bands that Sam plays with include The Sam Pirt Band, flautist Phillippe Barnes, and Graham Pirt.
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