Circles Around Me is an album by American bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

 player Sam Bush

Sam Bush

Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...

, released through Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Records

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 in October 2009.

Reception

The album earned Bush a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 nomination for Best Bluegrass Album

Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

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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" (Jeff Black, Sam Bush) – 3:55
2. "Diamond Joe" (Traditional) – 3:40
3. "You Left Me Alone" (Tom Gray, Jerry Stuart) – 3:07
4. "The Old North Woods" (Bush) – 4:10
5. "Roll on Buddy, Roll On" (Wilborn, Wilborn) – 2:41
6. "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" (Bush, Guy Clark
   Guy Clark
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   , Velon Thompson) – 4:45
7. "Blue Mountain" (Bush) – 6:09
8. "Out on the Ocean" (Pete Kuykendall
   Pete Kuykendall
   Peter "Pete" Van Kuykendall also known as Pete Roberts, is an American bluegrass musician, songwriter, discographer and a magazine and music publisher. He is a co-founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine and its editor since 1970...
   
   ) – 2:54
9. "Gold Heart Locket" (Black) – 4:17
10. "Junior Heywood" (Bush, Edgar Meyer) – 6:36
11. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 3:52
12. "Apple Blossom" (Traditional) – 1:35
13. "Souvenir Bottles" (Bush, John Cowan, Stephen F. Brines) – 8:23
14. "Whisper My Name/Hot Tamales" (Ebo Walker) – 7:23