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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 people to the music and the singing of Chris Stapleton, who dominated country music charts [...]
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 2000. All of the proceeds generated from the MACC benefit St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. [...]
The SteelDrivers have just released a new music video for Drinkin' Alone, one of the tracks on their current album, The Muscle Shoals Recordings. It's a song written by former 'Drivers lead singer and current county 'it guy,' Chris Stalpenton, along with Jay Knowles. Gary Nichols shows he can do the country blues every bit [...]
The announcement for the 2016 Best Bluegrass Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards was made this afternoon in Los Angeles. This was during the infamous "earlier in the afternoon" ceremony regularly mentioned in the main awards show to be aired on CBS later this evening. From among the five nominees, the 2016 Bluegrass Grammy [...]
The good news for bluegrass fans last year: A lot of terrific music was released. So much, in fact, that it made picking my annual best-of list harder than usual. I eliminated bands that recorded songs I wrote because of an obvious conflict, narrowed my list to 16 or 17, but still had trouble getting [...]
Chris Stapleton, the original lead singer and primary songwriter for The Steeldrivers, had a big night at the 49th Annual CMA Awards last night. He had never really been a bluegrass guy - though he is from Kentucky - but his clever songs and gritty, bluesy voice ignited music fans when The Steeldrivers hit on Rounder in [...]
The Steeldrivers have a released a music video for Long Way Down, the opening track from The Muscle Shoals Recordings, their latest album on Rounder. It showcases more of their trademark blues-grass sound, featuring Gary Nichols' slippery vocals with grassy accompaniment. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="63788"]
When Chris Stapleton left the SteelDrivers a few years back, I was skeptical that the band could recapture the magic with someone else in front of the microphone. His let-it-all-hang-out style defined the band and made its recordings instantly recognizable. So let me say this as plainly as I can: I was wrong. Gary Nichols' [...]
Rounder Records has created a lyric video for one of the songs on The Muscle Shoals Recording, their upcoming album from The Steeldrivers. It's a song written by fiddler and vocalist Tammy Rogers, and sung by guitarist Gary Nichols, reflecting on the somber fact of death on a massive scale during the US Civil War. The [...]
