RELEASED OCTOBER 14TH 2023
"The Protest Songs give a direct and unsentimental voice to different issues affecting our society in the early 21st Century, from the Me Too movement, gun control, and war, to domestic violence, and inequality.
The five songs on this EP were tracked and mixed at producer Brandon Wilde’s Studio 76 in Kingston, NY with additional recording from collaborators Dylan Wissing (drums and percussion), and Tony Lauria (piano) who both played on my first two albums- Threshold and Wide Awake Dream.
Kingston, NY was the perfect area in which to record this project. North of New York City, it was prominent in the protest movement of the 1960s, not far from Woodstock, and Beacon where Pete Seeger made his home from 1949.
Despite the seriousness of the issues, I have tried to write songs which challenge the listener to understand them from new perspectives, to get involved, and ultimately to campaign for change."
- Cordelia Stephens
This single is being released in advance of the EP "The Protest Songs" which comes out on October 14th 2023!
Written at the beginning of the Me Too movement, "The Camera Lies" is a self-reflective song about the role of bystanders in industries and institutions which are known to be exploitative and of which we are often beneficiaries.
NOTES ON UPCOMING EP:
"My new record "The Protest Songs" gives a direct and unsentimental voice to different issues affecting our society in the early 21st Century, from the Me Too movement, gun control, and war, to domestic violence and inequality.
The songs were mainly tracked and mixed at producer Brandon Wilde’s Studio 76 in Kingston, NY with additional recording from collaborators Dylan Wissing (drums and percussion), and Tony Lauria (piano) who both played on my first two albums- Threshold and Wide Awake Dream.
Despite the seriousness of the issues, I have tried to write songs which challenge the listener to understand them from new perspectives, to get involved, and ultimately to campaign for change."and percussion), and Tony Lauria (piano) who both played on my first two albums- Threshold and Wide Awake Dream.
Despite the seriousness of the issues, I have tried to write songs which challenge the listener to understand them from new perspectives, to get involved, and ultimately to campaign for change."
This Thursday I’ll be playing the feature set at Big City Folk’s Song Club at Scottish pub- The Vale -in Hamilton Heights. 7pm/ Tip Jar. Come on out if you can! @thevalepubnyc thevalepubnyc @bigcityfolk
I'm excited to be Porch Stomping on June 17th! Scheduled to sing between 2 and 3. Will be fun to be back on Governor's Island with my guitar.
Catch me singing and playing at 18th Ward Brewing - 300 Richardson Street, Brooklyn 11211 on Sunday 4/30/2023 along with EW Harris and friends.
MY FIRST SHOW FOR JALOPY THEATRE!!! CLICK PHOTO FOR TICKETS LINK
I'm very pleased to be part of this great line-up of singer-songwriters playing under a large tree at Porch Stomp on Governors Island on Sat June 18th. I'll be on the Big City Folk Stage at about 1.30pm
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE INVITED BACK TO THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM ON FRIDAY 13TH!!!!
NEW SINGLE- LIVE FROM ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL. "FIRST REVEAL"