The Steeldrivers

We've all heard and seen a lot in recent months about the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on artists and entertainers of every stripe, and how they are trying to weather a whole season without work. But we don't always

Rounder Records has released a music video for Innocent Man, a track included on their current album for The Steeldrivers, Bad For You. The video, created by Grant Claire, captures nicely the eerie and somewhat ominous vibe of the track, a

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from The Steeldrivers. Their most recent prior album, 2015’s The Muscle Shoals Recordings, was honored with a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. Not long after, lead singer Gary Nichols took a medical leave,

Rounder Records has released Bad For You, the title track from their upcoming album from The SteelDrivers, as a debut single. Like most of their music, it's a mega-bluesy number featuring hair-parting vocals from guitarist, Kelvin Damrel, who came up in music

The Steeldrivers on stage in Atlanta at the Buckhead Theatre on Feb. 2, 2018 - photo by David Cohen It’s a testament to the unique sound and immense talent of the Steeldrivers that the Nashville-based bluegrass band can switch lead singers

The Steeldrivers have announced that Kelvin Damrell from eastern Kentucky has been hired as their new lead singer and guitarist. He takes the spot vacated by Gary Nichols last year in a move that has yet to be fully explained. In

Adam Wakefield with The Steeldrivers at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival (May 2017) - photo by Frank Baker Lots of bluegrass fans made a connection with Adam Wakefield last year when he was a contestant on The Voice, NBC television's popular vocal

Longtime bluegrass lovers will recall the buzz that accompanied the release of the first album from The Steeldrivers in 2008. The self-titled project on Rounder featured a new sound in the bluegrass world, and was the first introduction for most

And still more photos from Frank Baker at the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. One more yet to come.

The 2016 Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) festival took place last week at the Hoover Y Park in Columbus, OH. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins’ annual event is held in memory of their daughter, Mandy Adkins, who passed away from an inoperable brain tumor in