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The Steel Wheels on Blue Plate Special at WDVX - photo by Alissa B. Cherry There are certain bands that remain personal favorites over the course of their careers, demanding instant attention while also commanding an immediate spotlight with each successive effort. Yet, given the incredible influx of new music that's constantly competing for that [...]
Virginia's Steel Wheels have dropped a music video for Scrape Me Off The Ceiling, one of the tracks from their upcoming Wild As We Came Here project. It showcases their unorthodox style, which merges bluegrass and old timey sounds with the band's punk rock roots. You see the guys in the studio, and performing at [...]
Saturday was full of options and activities for all ages. The family tent had music shows, puppet shows, face painting, and activities for kids. There were dance workshops, called dances (squares, contras, etc), and plenty of bands to dance in whatever what one desired at the Catskill Tent. Kitsy Kuykendall hosted a Bluegrass Karaoke in [...]
Arriving the Thursday night before Redwing is a bit like Christmas Eve. The setup is all there, you can see the shape of still dim lights and, like a little kid, you can’t wait to go sleep in anticipation of what awaits the next day. For four years, the Natural Chimneys Regional Park has been [...]
Here's a group of videos captured at various venues here at Wide Open Bluegrass 2015 on Friday. Bud's Collective in the Marriott Hotel [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="67395"] In Jayme Stone's Lomax Project, he researched the tunes and songs from Alan Lomax's catalogs and brought them back to life with their own fresh new takes on [...]
When standing beneath the monumental Natural Chimneys (120 foot limestone pillars and the only remaining evidence that this part of the world was once completely undersea) in Mount Solon, Virginia, i'’s hard to imagine a more beautiful location for a music festival. That's just one of many things that keeps people coming back to the [...]
The photos in this article were taken by Milo Farineau, and the report is from his son, Kirby. Only two seasons into its lifespan, Red Wing Roots Festival has already won the love, support, and excitement of the thousands of attendees who visited last weekend. The sophomore incarnation of the music fest put on by The [...]
The Steel Wheels have always lived somewhere between bluegrass and Americana. Some of their music has an old time vibe, while some references idioms from rock or alternative country. Their upcoming single release, We've Got A Fire, finds them working an acoustic blues vein. It will be released on April 1 on 7'' vinyl. Here's [...]
The Bluegrass Ramble has been a popular new addition to this year's IBMA World of Bluegrass. Here are some pictures from around Raleigh during Wednesday's Bluegrass Ramble.
The Steel Wheels have released a new album, No More Rain, and a live music video for the opening track, Tom Waits' Walkaway. Formed in and inspired by the music of Virginia's Blue Ridge, this quartet melds old time, blues and bluegrass traditions into a sound of their own. The Steel Wheels are Trent Wagler on [...]
