Folk Bands and Artists
Stephen Simmons
Nashville
Years before releasing his first album of American roots music, Stephen Simmons grew up in small-town Tennessee, raised by a family of guitar pickers, preachers, and storytellers. He eventually left that town — and those relatives — and headed to Nashville, where he launched an acclaimed career whose highlights have included 11 studio albums, more than 1,000 shows, and tours across a dozen countries. Even so, he’s never forgotten about his rural roots. Albums like ´Last Call´ and ´Hearsay´ have nodded to the classic country music and family values that once filled his childhood home, but it’s Simmons’ newest release, ´Family Album´, that serves as his clearest tribute to the place (and people) that shaped him.
Genre: Americana,Blues,Contemporary folk,Country
