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| Born | (1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 (age 37) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Oliver "Oli" Steadman is a British-South African multi-instrumentalist.
Stornoway
Steadman is a founding member of Stornoway and through them is a volunteer with many nature conservation trusts including HIWWT, RSPB, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Woodland Trust, and British Trust for Ornithology.
365 Days Of Folk
In 2024 Steadman started 365 Days Of Folk, a spin-off of Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day, featuring daily recordings of traditional music, mostly with guest vocalists. The songs thus far have included:
- 500 Miles featuring DG Solaris (aka Laish)
- Willie o Winsbury featuring DG Solaris
- Andrew Lammie featuring Amanda MacLean
- Apple Wassail featuring Katy Ryder
- Captain Ward and the Rainbow
- Old Brown's Daughter
- Peggy Gordon featuring George Washbourn
- The Snows They Melt the Soonest featuring Matt Sage
- Lowlands of Holland featuring Catherine Earnshaw
- The Last Leviathan
- Some Tyrant Has Stolen My True Love Away
- I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
- My Son John
- The Moon Shines Bright featuring Sandra Manning Jones
- Rolling Down to Rio
- Cold Blow and the Rainy Night featuring Liam Rickard
- She Moves Through the Fair featuring Matt Sage
- False Knight on the Road featuring Greg Hooper
- January Man
- Daddy Fox
- Old Brown's Daughter
- Peggy Bann
- Pilgrim on the Pennine Way
- Otago
- In the Month of January
- Off to Epsom Races
- Ruins by the Shore
- Days Gone By
- Smugglers Song
- Maria's Gone
- The Cuckoo
- John Ball
- I Drew My Ship
- How Can I Keep My Maidenhead featuring Daisy Chute
- Ballina Whalers
- Banks of the Nile
- Anachie Gordon
- Dark as a Dungeon
- Sheffield Apprentice
- Won't You Go My Way
- Clyde Water
- Lough Erne Shore
- When First I Came to Caledonia
- King Henry Was King James' Son
- Young Simon John
- Cupid's Garden
- Donkey Riding
- The Green Fields of America
- Springfield Mountain
- Billy Don't You Weep for Me
- Dalesman's Litany
- Take This Hammer
- Farewell Sweet Lovely Nancy
- Plains of Mexico
- Weavers Daughter
- Corduroy
- Sweet Mossom
- The Bold Fisherman
- Wife of the Soldier
- Swansea Barracks
- Worcester City
- Willie's Lady
- The Four Angels
- Lakes of Pontchartrain
- The Derby Ram
- Oor Hamlet
- Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
- Fiddler's Green
- Sir Patrick Spens
- The Maid and the Palmer
- Cap o Las Fawr
- A Pilgrim's Way
- Grey Funnel Line
- The Shoals of Herring
- Bird in the Bush
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- I Sowed the Seeds of Love
Other projects
Steadman has worked as a studio producer for artists including Nick Cope, and as composer / musical director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, also serving as manager to many artists,including Willie J Healey, The People Versus, and Balloon Ascents / NEVERLND.
In 2013 Steadman founded Count Drachma, who were invited to play at festivals from WOMAD to WOOD to Festival N°6, co-headlining London's Southbank Centre with the Mahotella Queens, and filming a documentary with The Guardian's Education channel.
In 2014 Steadman founded music-tech startup Tigmus, with Stornoway's touring trumpet player Thomas E Hodgson.
Since 2015 Steadman has been endorsed by Aria Bass Guitars, touring with 2x basses Detroit 313-DR & Detroit 313-BB, and recording with FEB-F2/FL or a Mexican Fender Jazz Bass. All are strung with roundwound strings except the Fender, on which Steadman has played with exclusively flatwound strings since 2009.
In 2024 Steadman established "Traildance".
References
- Fedele, Maria. "AMAZING PEOPLE: AMAZING LIVES". Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- Rob Power (8 March 2013). "Stornoway's Oli Steadman talks Tales From Terra Firma". Music Radar. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- Jupp, Emily. "The weirdest places musicians have played gigs: From The Libertines and Reverend and the Makers to Kanye West and Craig David". Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- Blackburn, Ralph. "Oxford folk pop quartet Stornoway to play first ever gig in a nature reserve". Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- "Stornoway's page Fundraising for Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust". Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- "Stornoway, as Official Champions of @woodlandtrust , are working to spread the awareness of #ashdieback and its tragic effects on the British landscape". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- "SOC/BTO Scotland Youth Events Programme Online events for young people under 30 in Scotland". Scottish Ornithologists' Club. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- Neagle, Autumn (14 December 2023). "365 DAYS OF FOLK" (PDF). Oxfordshire Music Scene. 55: 18. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- Balding, Kate (21 December 2023). "Oli Steadman on technology, nature and 'folk sensibility'". Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- "365 Days Of Folk - song list".
- "A Folk Song A Day - about".
- Pete Hughes (16 October 2014). "Former Oxford Candyskins rocker completes fourth children's album". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- Sam Inglis (1 May 2013). "Stornoway: Recording Tales From Terra Firma". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- riley, adrian. ""INTERVIEW NO 78: OLI STEADMAN"".
- "Review: Hansel & Gretel, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until December 27".
- "Review: Hansel and Gretel, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough".
- "Music Managers Forum Managers Directory".
- Ronan Munro (10 December 2016). "A quiet word with... Willie J Healey" (PDF). Nightshift. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- "Nightshift Magazine May 2023" (PDF).
- Tim Hughes (15 January 2015). "Oxford rockers Balloon Ascents come home for Bullingdon gig". Oxford Times. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- OneNoteForever (14 June 2012). "Spring Offensive @ St. Barnabas – 14/06/2012". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- Heather Nash (17 February 2015). "In The Middle with Stornoway". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- Bilen Shifferaw (15 June 2015). "Mahotella Queens & Count Drachma - 22.07.15". Ethiobeauty. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- Century Films (10 April 2015). "'Maskandi music is the way we recall our South African identity' – video". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- Eleanor Langford (15 June 2015). "INTERVIEW: Stornoway's Oli Steadman discussing Tigmus". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- "Monetising the Music Industry event, 9 March, 2015". Oxford Technology & Media Ltd. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- Pledgemusic (15 June 2015). "Tigmus Improves Touring Experience for Musicians & Fans". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- Aria Guitars (20 December 2015). "Oli Steadman of Stornoway played FEB-FL/F". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- Aria Guitars (20 March 2017). "Oli Steadman with SB-1000RIB". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- "Aria Guitars Global". Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- "Traildance". Retrieved 6 May 2024.