Oli Steadman
Oliver "Oli" Steadman is a British-South African multi-instrumentalist.
Stornoway
Steadman is a founding member of Oxford band Stornoway, and through them is a campaigner with many nature conservation trusts including HIWWT, RSPB, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Woodland Trust, and British Trust for Ornithology. Steadman hosts the band's Conservation Conversations podcast. He is a patron of Sam [Lee (folk musician)]'s Singing With Nightingales and a regular fundraiser for conservation projects including around the Great North Wood.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. The project tours major folk events such as Manchester Folk Festival.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, Blue Bayou, 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".