Sam Bush

It’s rare to find any artist so determined to pay homage to another that they devote an entire album to the songs of that particular predecessor. Pop music artists Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen have received that steady

It's hard to believe that Sam Bush is now among the venerable oldsters of contemporary bluegrass music, at least for those of us who remember him as a brash young rebel with Bluegrass Alliance or New Grass Revival in the

Béla Fleck's Bluegrass Happening in Grand Rapids, MI (6/27/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea Photographer Bryan Bolea was on hand when Béla Fleck brought his Bluegrass Happening Tour to the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapid, MI. The tour included

Everybody look what’s going down! Straight off the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Béla Fleck grabbed his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band and teamed up with best buds, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, and their bands to create happenings at special spots around

After fifteen years of touring with her beloved Hot Band, Emmylou Harris formed the Nash Ramblers, a new acoustic all-star group, in 1990, featuring Sam Bush (vocals, mandolin, and fiddle), the iconic Roy Huskey Jr. (bass), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al

In 1883, nine women with a shared interest in "promot the study and appreciation of music in all its branches" came together to form the St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids, MI. Today, St. Cecilia's annual Folk, Jazz, and

Back in the day, when 78 and then 45 rpm vinyl disks were the way new music was made available to fans and radio alike, each would typically include two new songs. Record labels would mark them as the A

With COVID-19 restrictions largely gone for citizens of Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear has set to encouraging people in the Commonwealth to get back to the sort of summer events they used to take for granted. With that very goal in

Wes Corbett, banjo player with the Sam Bush Band, has a banjo solo project coming December 4 called Cascade. He has graciously agreed to let us share the first single today, Mary Evelyn, a highly lyrical banjo tune he recorded with

Many thanks to Louisville-based bluegrass singer and songwriter, Aaron Bibelhauser, to reprint his interview/article with Sam Bush, originally published by Audience 502. Aaron spoke with Sam on his radio show, Bluegrass Evolution, on WFPK about his upcoming virtual concert with