Cordelia Stephens is an English-American folk artist whose voice combines power and vulnerability, and whose incisive songwriting explores the contradictions of modern life and love drawing on her musical influences such as Aimee Mann, Gillian Welch and PJ Harvey. Her sophomore album Wide Awake Dream produced by Riley McMahon at New Warsaw Studio, NY was released on October 15th, 2016. Her debut album- Threshold also produced by Riley McMahon- was released in a sold-out show at The Living Room in 2012. Her third album- an EP called The Protest Songs produced by Brandon Wilde, was released on October 14th, 2023
Cordelia Stephens grew up in England singing requiems in school choirs and in a blues-gospel choir while at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. She spent a lonely Christmas in NYC when she first moved to NYC in the early 2000s. With nothing much to do, she dusted off her guitar. Only knowing 3 chords and not knowing any songs, she wrote one, then another then another...
She immersed herself in the Lower East Side singer-songwriter scene, simply listening to as much as possible and singing back-up with various bands before putting together her own. Her killer band, brings tremendous musicianship, humor and energy to every show. Cordelia plays regularly in New York City. She has had recent shows with Big City Folk, at Jalopy and Rockwood Music Hall, and played at a private event at the Apollo Theater.
