Nashville, Tenn., — The Steeldrivers seem to be on a roll. Last night their self-titled debut album was named Bluegrass Album of the Year at the Nashville Music Awards. While The Steeldriver’s hard-hitting and often genre-bending sound has garnered plenty of favorable reviews, success among their industry peers had been elusive until this year. The group was recently honored as the International Bluegrass Music…

Nashville, Tenn. — It continues to be an amazing year for Nashville’s homegrown, uptown bluegrassers The SteelDrivers. Online retailer iTunes named the group the number one seller in 2008 in the Americana/Bluegrass Album category for their self-titled debut – beating out number two Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s ‘Raising Sand’.

Nashville, Tenn. — In one of those unlikely and surprising Grammy nominations, Nashville’s homegrown and unique sounding The SteelDrivers’ have been nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group along with country superstars Rascal Flatts, Brooks ‘n Dunn, Sugarland and Lady Antebellum.

Music Row Magazine’s Bob Oermann wrote of their 2008 self-titled debut on Rounder Records, “The SteelDrivers combine backwoods bluegrass with deep-fried soul.”

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Rounder Records is featuring an exclusive interview with Mike Henderson, mandolinist for The Steeldrivers, on the labels website.
In the interview, Henderson discusses how The Steeldrivers came to be. He also touches on the recording process for the group’s new self-titled album, set to be released January 15, 2008.
Below, is an excerpt from that interview [...]