Drew Nelson - Dusty Road to Beulah Land

Every generation has its poets; writers, musicians, and lyricists who capture the spirit and longings of their time. They tell our stories, giving us the words we need to celebrate or let go. That is the soil in which singer/songwriter Drew Nelson has been toiling. Legendary songwriter John Gorka said Drew's songs sound like the rest of us feel. His characters are anything but defeated. They are dazed, angry, amazed and climbing. Drew Neslons' latest album, Dusty Road to Beulah Land (pronounced (be-u-la) marks a notable growth in his standing as a songwriter and musician. Each song brings another side of Drew to the forefront, expanding beyond his folk-singer roots to embrace wider genres.Within this collection of songs we find the displaced Detroit auto worker (Stranger), the love lost and wandering (Highway 2), the farmer watching his beloved landscape disappear before his eyes (Farmer's Lament), the dazed blue collar worker shaking his head at bailouts and greed, and the deep respect and insight of Native American life and culture (Grandmother Moon, Raindance). Drew puts his feelings, and ours, into words and music that capture the spirit and soul of the world around us all with a common thread: Hope. Dusty Road to Beulah Land was produced by longtime friend and producer Michael Crittenden in Grand Rapids, Michigan and mastered by the legendary Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova studios in Austin, Texas. Tubb first listened to the tracks a few days before he and Drew got together to see what he was getting into. When Drew arrived, Tubb told him I've worked on a lot of music. Sometimes I get a salvage project; this is a record.Drew's songs have a dusty eloquence and a rural blue collar sensibility - Americana UKAdvertising in Maverick and Country Music PeopleUK tour in June and JulyTrack List:Highway 2/Waiting for the Sun/Stranger/Grandmother Moon/True and Fine/Farmer's Lament/Half A Mile Down/Raindance/Hello/Molly's Home