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The Steel Wheels' Trent Wagler says that his band's new album, "Sideways," was inspired by a number of things, including watching his children grow up and the power he feels music has.

Walnut Valley Festival headliners Steel Wheels are coming to the Emporia Granada Theatre this month, supported by Weda Skirts and Sweet Lil & The Nothings.

Today, Virginia-based Americana pioneers The Steel Wheels have released new album Sideways via the band’s own Big Ring Records. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, Josh Ritter), Sideways is at once a meditation on the nonlinear nature of personal growth and a joyous celebration of life. The band also shared the stop-motion video for the title track directed by Stefan Zeniuk.

Virginia-based Americana pioneers The Steel Wheels have released new album Sideways via the band's own Big Ring Records. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, Josh Ritter), Sideways is at once a meditation on the nonlinear nature of personal growth and a joyous celebration of life.

There is nothing like a Steel Wheels concert and no two Steel Wheels’ performances are the same. Which is to say the Virginia-based quintet’s Jan. 17 gig

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In the opening moments of The Steel Wheels’ new album, frontman/songwriter Trent Wagler sings, “This year hit like a hurricane. The winds they knocked me over.” From the jump, you understand that this record represents a series of poignant realizations for the long-running Virginia-based folk band.

When Trent Wagler, frontman/primary songwriter for the Virginia-based Americana band The Steel Wheels, was sending his daughter off to college, he finally understood how one person’s coming of age could be another person’s letting go. Today, the band shares new single “Baby Gone,” the second release from their upcoming LP Sideways (out 2/9 via Big Ring Records), and it chronicles Wagler’s experience with this.

Steel Wheels dont necessarily want to be known as "that Mennonite band," but the cultural roots run deep for the Virginia-based Americana/bluegrass/folk band.