David Eugene Edwards (born February 24, 1968) is an American musician.

He is the lead singer of Wovenhand, and also the main songwriter and the principal musician on the recordings of the band.

Edwards was born in 1968 in Englewood, Colorado, the grandson of a traveling Nazarene preacher.

[2] Edwards worked in a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time musician, including ditch digger, dishwasher, carpenter and janitor.

[2] Edwards, along with Jean-Yves Tola and Pascal Humbert (together as 16 Horsepower) performed on the soundtrack to the Jim White-inspired film Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, playing the traditional "Wayfarin' Stranger."

He also appears in the film, playing a fragment of "Phyllis Ruth," a 16 Horsepower song from 1997's Low Estate.

In 2018, Edwards and co-member Alexander Hacke released an album called Risha.

In 2020, Edwards collaborated with Carpenter Brut, a French synthwave artist.

They created a song and video called Fab Tool, to which Edwards contributed lyrically as well as vocally.

In August 2023, Edwards announced his first album as a solo artist, titled Hyacinth, produced by Chelsea Wolfe backing band musician Ben Chisholm.

[4][5] Edwards remains deeply Christian, and occasionally talks to the press about his faith and its relationship to his music.

I’m not gonna try to appease either side.”[6] Edwards is married; his wife's name is Leah.

[7] Asher played strings on 16 Horsepower's album Secret South and appears in the videos for the band's songs "Haw" and "Clogger.