Sam Bush live in concert.
ON TOUR

Sam Bush

17
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

79
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17
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 17 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Sam Bush is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Sam Bush concert reviews describe live shows and performances as playful, stirring, and incredible.

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Latest Release

Radio John: Songs of John Hartford (November 11, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Bowling Green, United States (4/13/1952) (4/13/1952)
Bio
Sam Bush (born: 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is a virtuoso American bluegrass musician. Bush plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar as well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist.
Has Performed With
Sam Bush Band, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck

Critic Concert Reviews

Parklife DC (USA)

November 6, 2023
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Sam Bush performs at Wolf Trap on Oct. 22, 2023.

Grateful Web (USA)

March 10, 2022
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Closing out February, Fort Collins’ premier venue Washington’s brought back yet another living legend to the front range of Northern Colorado. Innovators of bluegrass and beyond, Sam Bush and his incredible band, consisting of Steve Mougin on guitar, Wes Corbett on banjo, Todd Parks on bass, and Chris Brown on drums, p

Local Spins (USA)

October 7, 2021
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Wednesday's kickoff to the Grand Rapids venue's Acoustic Café Folk Series boasted a celebratory, rootsy, communal vibe courtesy of the Sam Bush Band. The Local Spins review and photos.

Parklife DC (USA)

July 22, 2021
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Though many musicians are admittedly brushing off rust as live performances return to order, you'd be hard-pressed to find any flaws in the skillset of the world's most talented bluegrass musicians, a group as passionate about their craft as you'll encounter.

Glide Magazine (USA)

July 19, 2021
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Sam Bush wrapped up a brief four-day Northeast/Mid-Atlantic run of shows on Sunday, July 18, at Stages in Cockeysville, MD, with a rousing two-hour set filled with Bush originals and bluegrass standards.

Grateful Web (USA)

March 16, 2020
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The month of March marks the end of winter and the onset of spring. Last March Tuesday followed suit, with the conclusion of the winter tour of the legendary Colonel of Bluegrass Sam Bush.

Country Standard Time (USA)

April 4, 2018
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Sam Bush is typically considered part of the bluegrass crowd. Now, you wouldn't necessarily have thought so the way he attacked that electric mandolin of his during a stirringly, lengthy, hair raising encore of the Allmans' "Midnight Rider" and Grand Funk Railroad's "I'm Your Captain" along with a snippet of

Past critic reviews published in

The Know (Denver Post) (USA), Houston Music Review (USA), Cincy Groove (USA)

Image Credit

Chris Rice [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons