New UK shows added!! September 2010

Follow Drew's upcoming UK tour.

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. :)

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.

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!!

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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Please READ! (Free new Drew song download too!)

This is the most important letter I've ever sent you. I want to tell you about something going on very close to my heart. The proposed Eagle Sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula of my home Michigan poses a threat to every living thing in the Yellow Dog River watershed.

Drew Nelson wins best local song, album of the year at 2010 Jammie Awards

By John Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids Press

February 17, 2010, 7:26AM

GRAND RAPIDS — Traveling the “dusty road” for late-night gigs, long recording sessions and overseas tours has paid off for Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Drew Nelson.

Nelson was the big winner at Tuesday night’s Jammie Awards hosted by community radio station WYCE-FM at The Intersection, walking off with…

Hi Everyone

I wanted to take a moment and welcome you to the new website. My friend David McGowan of humanfiles.com has been working overtime to make this an interactive place where you can watch videos, check out tour pictures, read about my life on the road as a performing songwriter and find out when I’m coming back to your…

January 2010 News

GRAND RAPIDS – For most, the road to the promised land — sometimes called “Beulah land” in African-American spirituals — comes with its share of potholes and detours.

As a singer-songwriter deftly chronicling the common man’s everyday struggles to survive and find that paradise, Drew Nelson himself has traveled that rocky path, hence his appropriately titled 2009 album, “Dusty…

December 2009 News

Hello everyone,

I’ve been looking back over the year (well 12 or so years) of my life and I am extremely blessed to be able to make music my living.

I wanted to take a moment to say “thank you”. Thanks to all who listen, attend shows, play my songs on the radio, write reviews of my CD’s (even the…