CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023 - SPBGMA Nomination for Album of the Year, We're All Crazy
  • 2022 - SPBGMA Nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year 
  • 2020 - GRAMMY Nomination for Best Americana Roots Gospel Album, GONNA SING, GONNA SHOUT with legendary country artist, Marty Raybon (Shenandoah,) Grand Old Opry members The Whites, and bluegrass stars Claire Lynch, Dave Adkins, The Cox Family, Kenny and Amanda Smith, Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley and Gospel music’s Bradley Walker and High Road to sing all new original songs written and co-written by award-winning songwriter Rick Lang.
  • 2018 – Top 10 Inspirational Country Music’s Bluegrass Artist of the Year 
  • 2016 – #1 BILLBOARD TOP 10 BLUEGRASS ALBUM CHART – Dave Adkins self-titled album on Mountain Fever Records 
  • 2016 – 2nd Place Winner of the Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest for “Turn and Burn,” songwriters Dave Adkins, David Morris, Dawn Kenney 
  • 2016 – Top 10 Inspirational Country Music’s Bluegrass Artist of the Year 
  • 2016 – #1 Sirius XM Bluegrass Junction Most Played Albums for Dave Adkins album 
  • 2016 – #1 three times on Bluegrass Today Top 20 for the single “Change Her Mind” 
  • 2016 – #1 Sirius XM Bluegrass Junction Most Played Tracks for the single “Change Her Mind” (May 2016) 
  • 2016 – #1 on Bluegrass Today Top 20 for the single “Sold” 
  • 2015 – IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year Nominee (Adkins & Loudermilk) 
  • 2013 – IBMA Showcase Artist (Dave Adkins & Republik Steele)
  • 2013 – SPBGMA Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee (Dave Adkins) 
  • 2013 – SPBGMA Entertaining Group of the Year Nominee (Dave Adkins & Republik Steele) 
  • 2013 – TOP 10 BILLBOARD CHART ALBUM – #7 Billboard Bluegrass Chart – That’s Just The Way I Roll

DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - new album on Billy Blue Records
August 2023 - Dave Adkins - Say Jesus (Southern Gospel) Morning Glory
August 2022 - Dave Adkins - We're All Crazy - Mountain Fever Records
September 2019 – Dave Adkins - Better Days –  Mountain Fever Records 
March 2018 – Dave Adkins – Right or Wrong – Mountain Fever Records 
April 7, 2017 – Dave Adkins Trio – Turn To Jesus – Mountain Fever Records 
Feb 26, 2016 – Dave Adkins – Dave Adkins – Mountain Fever Records 
March 17, 2015 – Dave Adkins & Edgar Loudermilk – Adkins & Loudermilk – Mountain Fever Records 
March 11, 2014 – Dave Adkins – Nothin’ To Lose – Mountain Fever Records 
February 26, 2013 – Dave Adkins & Republik Steele – That’s Just The Way I Roll – Rural Rhythm Records 
February 12, 2013 – Various Artists – God Didn’t Choose Sides, Volume 1 – Civil War True Stories About Real People – Rural Rhythm Records

“Earnest bluegrass with a positive vibe and toe tapping energy!” - Calvin Powers

— Americana Music Show

“with a voice as big as the western sky and a delivery that matches his burly frame. But since his first appearance as a member of Republic Steele, Dave has developed a fine control of the power at his disposal, turning the full barrage loose only rarely, to very positive effect.”

— Bluegrass Today

“I am truly proud for Dave. I appreciate his singing, along with his songwriting. He has a heart that's bigger than his voice. This is good music that will prove its place, and he will continue to be a positive force in this world of Bluegrass.” - Marty Raybon
“With a rhythmically rolling banjo undercurrent, waves of fiddle and guitar raising the listener to emotional crests, Dave Adkins’ voice offers something real, something trustworthy and something thrilling to hold on to. It’s an exciting ride—this self-titled new album from Dave Adkins. Buy an extra copy; Adkins possesses the impressive kind of voice—full of personality and dimension, and instantly relatable—that you just want to share.” - Greg Victor

— Parcbench

“Earnest bluegrass with a positive vibe and toe tapping energy!” - Calvin Powers

— Americana Music Show

“In the roots/bluegrass/Americana world, there are some of the most pure vocalists I’ve ever heard, and for me, Dave is in the top of that group.”

— Americana Rhythm Magazine

“A great soulful singer and a man big enough to be a bouncer…….now that’s Bluegrass with authority! Congratulations to a good man I met at the Festival of the Bluegrass last year.” - Ron Simmons

— Northern Kentucky Bluegrass Association

“Dave Adkins is strong stuff, a source of comfort to those in need of assurance that real bluegrass, as heart-grabbing as ever, survives and thrives.”

— Rambles.net