Stephen Simmons

In the years since his first album, 2004's Last Call, Nashville singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons has wandered the wide landscape of American roots music, from contemplative country and finger-picked folk to rugged and ragged blues-rock.

On his 12th album, Hunch, released October 24, 2025, he hints at the thread that ties 20 years of ideas together.

Simmons was raised in the small town of Woodbury, Tennessee. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father held a factory job. In his family, they were the first generation that didn’t work the farm. As a songwriter and over twenty years as a steady traveling performer, Stephen’s vision has grown to entail more than just reflections of rural America. The songs on his recordings deal with existential realities that are familiar to country and city dwellers alike: sin, redemption, heartbreak, hangovers and the loneliness of the road.

Stephen’s records combine songcraft and musicianship with artistic honesty. His work has been covered by Mojo Music, Uncut, and The Washington Post. His records received well on both sides of the Atlantic, ultimately leading to record deals with Rounder Europe Records and Blue Rose Records and extensive touring in Europe. As a Songwriter and as a steady road act in ten countries, Simmon’s continues to evolve as an artist. His twelth studio album, Hunch, was released in 2025.

Press:

"a singer-songwriter of marked depth and commitment, (he) recalls a more subdued Steve Earle, a more grounded Ryan Adams and any aggregation of three-named Texas troubadours you'd care to recall."
- -- Bill Friskics-Warren, THE NASHVILLE SCENE

"...not many singers achieve such a confident, full-bodied sound while delivering conversational confessions."
- — Geoffrey Himes , The Washington Post

"Vivid, intelligent and soulful."
- Rob Hughes, UNCUT (UK)

"...he's a Bible Belt barstool philosopher singing of sin and redemption. Intelligent, intense, and easy to like."
- – Sylvie Simmons, MOJO Music Magazine (UK)