So if I love The Steeldrivers.... ?

[ruger9]

... who else should I be checking out?

I love the blues-influenced "newgrass" or whatever people call it (I've heard "darkgrass" as well??)... all I know is, I'm not the biggest fan of albums full of fiddle tunes, and I love GREAT SONGWRITING. The Steeldrivers seem to have the perfect blend of great songs, great players (but without a ton of shredding LOL), and great vocalists (my 2 faves were Stapleton and Nichols.)

I have Clarence White. I have Tony Rice. I have 1 Bryan Sutton (Not Too Far From the Tree), but to me they are more traditional bluegrass/fiddle tunes/shredding affairs (and I mean no criticism with that remark), but less heavy on the great songwriting/singing.

Any recommendations?

Oh- I enjoy the Krauss/Plant collaborations, but they are quite... mellow... So the genre doesn't have to stick to "grass" anything, even tho the Steeldrivers are more in that land than any other.

[Mandobart]

My suggestions:

Billy Strings, Fruition, Steve Earle, The Dead South, Shovels and Rope, The Earls, some Ray Wylie Hubbard, some James McMurtry, The Devil Makes Three, probably a bunch more if I had my music library handy....

[ruger9]

Originally Posted by Mandobart

My suggestions:

Billy Strings, Fruition, Steve Earle, The Dead South, Shovels and Rope, The Earls, some Ray Wylie Hubbard, some James McMurtry, The Devil Makes Three, probably a bunch more if I had my music library handy....

Oh yeah... I forgot about Shovels and Rope; I remember hearing them when they first came out and was impressed.

[Kyle215]

Steeldrivers are great. They kind of have their own sound going on… maybe check out Leftover Salmon’s record called Nashville sessions? Kind of has some of that driving rock feel.

Dark horse suggestion - William Elliot Whitmore. I think he’s a one man outfit, but he’s also kind of got that rootsy/rocky feel on some of his stuff, and good songwriting

[dnf777]

The Dead South comes to mind, but they seem pretty limited to a few songs, and a very similar sound in all of them. If they were new, I'd say they need time to grow, but they've been around for a while. Very interesting sound though, that I find hard to categorize.