Stephie James

Nashville-based, Detroit native, songwriter Stephie James creates music that exudes sparkly, starlit evening motifs, shot through the lens of dreamy doo-wop and romantic Americana rock n roll. She overturns Nashville’s hat and boot culture with her own Iggy Pop-meets-Judy Garland panache. She borrows a tradition of storytelling songwriting and fuses it with 60's girl group sounds, echoing The Shirelles and The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman.” Stephie James presents us with a record that’s subtly subversive—at one turn familiar and nostalgic, while simultaneously evoking the dawn of something new. Stephie James has been a steadfast musical powerhouse since her teens. She’s toured with Anita Baker and Nikki Lane, worked production for Buddy Miller and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, has written with John Bettis (songwriter for Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, The Carpenters and more) and even shared the stage with Michael Bolton. Her debut full-length album, As Night Fades, was produced/engineered/mixed by Andrija Tokic who also produced the platinum, Grammy-nominated Alabama Shakes’ album Boys & Girls. Stephie and her band are based in Nashville currently, though her ties to Detroit are strong. She's still a partner in a specialty coffee shop located in Detroit, booking live music and roasting their own coffee to supply four Metro Detroit locations. Her lyrics are charming, tender, vulnerable and incredibly vivid. Her records feel like black and white, 35mm celluloid, shot by Jim Jarmusch and dreamt by David Lynch. Stephie's brand of soulful rock & roll feels timeless and essential.