About

Stephanie Sammons is a two-time Kerrville New Folk Finalist (2024, 2025), 2025 Telluride Troubadour Finalist, and 2026 Songwriter Serenade Semifinalist. Her 2024 debut album, Time and Evolution, produced by acclaimed folk artist Mary Bragg, is a tender and deeply introspective exploration of faith, longing, and identity. Praised for its emotional nuance and lyrical clarity, the album marks a compelling entrance into the Americana and folk songwriting landscape.

Sammons has been described as a singer of subtle emotion with a voice that communicates ache without raising its volume. Her delivery is restrained, but never distant—each lyric a quiet revelation. This thoughtful, introspective style reflects her nature as an empath and an introvert—someone who chooses clarity over clamor, and substance over spectacle. Her music connects deeply with listeners who value authenticity and vulnerability.

Sammons has studied with some of the most revered songwriters in the Americana and Folk world, including Mary Gauthier, Emily Saliers, Jonatha Brooke, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Gretchen Peters. Their mentorship has shaped her storytelling voice, helping her embrace vulnerability, lyrical precision, and emotional truth.

Through her songs, Sammons offers a space to reflect, heal, and feel connected, especially for those navigating life’s most personal questions with open hearts. She says, “With my songs, I try to get to the heart of those stories and situations we’ve all experienced, either personally or tangentially…where two strangers can look at each other and know there is a shared understanding at the deepest human level.”

Sammons’s full-length debut, Time and Evolution, recounts personal growth through melody and narrative. “Life’s mysteries take time to unfold. Everything evolves. We can either resist or embrace growth.” Produced by Mary Bragg and released in May 2024, the ten-song collection begins with a journey and ends with a reckoning, and features Verlon Thompson (Guy Clark), Ingrid Graudins (Jonatha Brooke), and Bragg. Moments of melancholy are balanced by acquiescence, embracing reality in deft, searingly poetic language woven with rich emotional insight.

ACCOLADES 

  • 2026 Songwriter Serenade Semifinalist

  • 2025 Telluride Troubadour Finalist (Planet Bluegrass)

  • 2025 Kerrville New Folk Finalist

  • Best Promising Singer-Songwriter 2024 - Dallas Observer

  • 2024 Kerrville New Folk Finalist

  • 2024 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Honorable Mention

  • 2024 Rocky Mountain Folk Festival Songwriters Contest Finalist Red Lodge MT

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