- Nirosta Steel (Steven Hall) has signed with global booking agency ROAM for live music and touring representation across Europe and the UK, led by agent Joshua Ledger.
- The signing follows the acclaimed June 2026 release of his double LP My Skyscraper on ULYSSA, and a run of instantly sold-out New York shows.
- He continues with TCB Public Relations for public relations and music management, and stays with ULYSSA for record label representation.
- The deal adds him to ROAM's 2026 run of Europe/UK folk and alternative signings.
Scottish-American singer-songwriter Steven Hall, who records as Nirosta Steel, has signed with global booking agency ROAM for live music and touring representation across Europe and the UK, with agent Joshua Ledger leading the deal.
Nirosta Steel continues with TCB Public Relations for PR and music management, and remains with Indiana-based ULYSSA for record label representation.
Now 69, Hall spent decades as a close friend and collaborator of the late Arthur Russell, singing on some of Russell’s disco tracks before building his own Nirosta Steel catalog through scattered releases like Cool Fire and Dry Ice.
His latest, My Skyscraper, arrived June 29 on ULYSSA as a career-spanning double LP drawn from roughly 40 years of unreleased material, and it’s landed as one of the year’s biggest critical surprises, pulling a 9.0 from Pitchfork and an “A” from Paste.
The acclaim has translated into real demand: a pair of September NYC shows at Night Club 101 sold out instantly, prompting Hall to add two more at the same venue plus a Chicago date at The Hideout.
The signing places Nirosta Steel alongside a busy stretch of ROAM’s 2026 Europe/UK additions, including archival folk-rock artist Robert Lester Folsom’s deal, Nashville songwriter Mynolia’s signing, and UK folk artist Minna’s move to the agency.
Takeaways
This is a textbook “strike while it’s hot” signing. Hall spent 40 years as a working musician without mainstream attention, and it took one archival release to turn him into 2026’s unlikeliest breakout story.
Locking down European touring infrastructure now, while My Skyscraper is still the album everyone’s talking about, gives ROAM a real shot at building international momentum before the moment cools.
Can a catalog decades in the making sustain a real European touring career, or is this a one-album moment? Will the same crate-digging audience that made My Skyscraper a critical darling turn out for UK and European shows? Does Hall’s decades-long tie to Arthur Russell become a bigger draw across the Atlantic, where Russell’s cult following runs deep?
