Joe Pug live in concert.
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Joe Pug

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critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 19 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Joe Pug is rated as an enjoyable live performer, though not exceptional overall. Joe Pug concert reviews describe live shows and performances as atmospheric, charming, poignant, and lyrical.

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Latest release

Nation of Heat | Revisited (July 22, 2022)

artist info

GENRE
folk
ORIGIN
Greenbelt, United States (4/20/1984)
BIO
Joe Pug (born Joe Pugliese on 20 April 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from Chicago. He has released two EPs, Nation of Heat and In the Meantime (the latter of which has been made available for free on his ) as well as the albums Messenger, The Great Despiser, Windfall and The Flood In Color.
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CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Parklife DC (USA)

April 5, 2023
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If a song is a short story, then Joe Pug’s songs are novels, epic and engrossing.

Parklife DC (USA)

January 26, 2022
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Midway through his set, Joe Pug stepped out from behind the mic and perform a cover of Tex Thomas’s “Deep Dark Wells.” When he finished, he commented, “there does not need to be any intermediary” between the performer and the audience

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

November 26, 2019
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Joe Pug brought his The Flood In Color tour to Tuning Fork last night, where the singer-songwriter of remarkable lyrical depth refused to let a damaged voice weaken his beautifully simplistic, hour-long set.

Parklife DC (USA)

May 6, 2019
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After many years living in Austin, Greenbelt native Joe Pug has returned to gorgeous Prince George’s. Now married and a father, the veteran troubadour came back home to rejuvenate himself after experiencing burnout.

The Bay Bridged (USA)

July 12, 2016
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In what proved to be a remarkably poignant evening, only three separate musicians graced the stage all night: Korey Dane, his guest keyboardist, and Joe Pug.

Music-News.com (UK)

November 16, 2015
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A few nerves are natural this is his first ever concert in the UK in a small atmospheric church very close to an audience not really here to see him.

The Upcoming (UK)

November 14, 2015
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It’s an incredibly charming venue with all the necessary tools for a successful show: small intimate and with great acoustics.

Past critic reviews published in

Glide Magazine (USA), The Music (Australia), Gapers Block (USA), The Snipe News (Canada), Twin Cities Daily Planet (USA) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Bruce Baker [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons