Oliver Steadman | |
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| Born | 3 November 1987 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Oliver "Oli" Steadman is a British-South African [1] [2] multi-instrumentalist.
Oliver Steadman | |
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| Born | 3 November 1987 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Oliver "Oli" Steadman is a British-South African [1] [2] multi-instrumentalist.
Steadman is a founding member of Oxford band [3] [4] Stornoway, [5] [6] and through them is a campaigner with many nature conservation trusts including HIWWT, RSPB, [7] [8] [9] Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, [10] Woodland Trust, [11] and British Trust for Ornithology. [12] Steadman hosts the band's Conservation Conversations podcast [13] (whose guests have included Bella Hardy, [14] Rachel Sermanni, and Arthur Jeffes). [15] He is a patron of Sam Lee (folk musician)'s Singing With Nightingales [16] and a regular fundraiser for conservation projects [17] including around the Great North Wood. [18] [19]
In 2024 Steadman started 365 Days Of Folk, [20] [21] a spin-off of Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day, [22] featuring daily recordings of traditional music. [23] The project tours major folk events such as Manchester Folk Festival. [24]
Steadman has worked as a studio producer for artists including Nick Cope, [25] [26] and as composer / musical director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, [27] [28] [29] also serving as manager to many artists, [30] including Willie J Healey, [31] The People Versus, [32] Blue Bayou, [33] and Balloon Ascents / NEVERLND. [34]
In 2013 Steadman founded Count Drachma, [35] [36] 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, [37] and filming a documentary with The Guardian's Education channel. [38]
In 2014 Steadman founded music-tech startup Tigmus, [39] [40] with Stornoway's touring trumpet player Thomas E Hodgson. [41] [42]
Since 2015 Steadman has been endorsed by Aria Bass Guitars, [43] [44] 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. [45]
In 2024 Steadman established "Traildance". [46]