New UK shows added!! September 2010

Follow Drew’s upcoming UK tour.

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Vote for Drew’s song ‘Highway 2′

Please take a moment and vote for my song “Highway 2″ in the Midas Rock the Highway contest.. please follow the link. $5,000 grand prize.. sure would help finance the new CD. :)

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Story about ‘Eagle Rock’ song in Indian Country Today!

BIG BAY, Mich. – As he recently played the strategic board game “Battleship” with a child, musician Drew Nelson could not help thinking about the ongoing battle to defend sacred Eagle Rock in northern Michigan that has pitted American Indian tribes and others against an international mining company.

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Drew will sing on the Michigan State Captial steps on June 3!

Drew is honored to join hands with the Michigan Native and Non Native community on the Michigan State Capital Thursday June 3rd. steps to sing his song Eagle Rock (Song for the People) in protest of the proposed mining operation on the Yellow Dog River Plains and fight for religious freedom for ALL people. Please come join us!! Thinking about the fact that June 3rd is just two days shy of his 39th birthday Drew remarked “…It may have taken me a while but it’s time for me to put back some good in the world. I can’t do a lot but I can sing.” Please come join us!!

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Eagle Rock Update: Sad News from the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve.

This morning I witnessed a scene that I hoped I never would. As most of you know, a group of citizens, both tribal and non, have been occupying the land known as Eagle Rock for over a month now. They have tents up, a cooking shelter, a sacred fire, and flags flying in the wind at the top of

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