Circles Around Me


Circles Around Me is an album by American bluegrass mandolin player Sam Bush, released through Sugar [Hill Records (bluegrass label)|Sugar Hill Records] in October 2009.

Reception

The album earned Bush a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy [Award for Best Bluegrass Album|Best Bluegrass Album].
In his Allmusic review, music critic William Ruhlman wrote that the album "makes a good demonstration of Sam Bush's continuing mastery of the mandolin and his own niche in the bluegrass scene."

Track listing

  1. "Circles Around Me" – 3:55
  2. "Diamond Joe" – 3:40
  3. "You Left Me Alone" – 3:07
  4. "The Old North Woods" – 4:10
  5. "Roll on Buddy, Roll On" – 2:41
  6. "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" – 4:45
  7. "Blue Mountain" – 6:09
  8. "Out on the Ocean" – 2:54
  9. "Gold Heart Locket" – 4:17
  10. "Junior Heywood" – 6:36
  11. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" – 3:52
  12. "Apple Blossom" – 1:35
  13. "Souvenir Bottles" – 8:23
  14. "Whisper My Name/Hot Tamales" – 7:23

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