Stephanie Kirkham

Stephanie Kirkham
Origin Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Genres Pop/Folk
Years active 2003–present
Labels SLK Music

Stephanie Kirkham is an English singer-songwriter.

Biography

Stephanie grew up in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire with two brothers and two sisters listening to Joni Mitchell, The Beatles and Johnny Cash, secretly dreaming of being a songwriter. She went to Blackpool Art College, modelled in Japan and worked at various arts and crafts, stained glass, floristry and painting. With pockets of notes, a stack of songs on paper and melodies running around in her head she eventually sang her songs onto tape and put them in the post. Jamie Nelson at Parlophone organised the early recordings that became the basis of her debut album.

She signed a five album deal with Hut (part of Virgin Records) in 2002 on the strength of her a cappella demos. Her debut album That Girl was released in 2003 and received praise from both the rock and mainstream press. However, six months later EMI closed the label. Stephanie was already busy writing her second album with a fresh new sound in mind. As she said “When my deal ended so abruptly it made me realise if I were to survive in this business I had to wise up and do it my own way. The new album would have to be how I hear the songs in my head, I wanted it to be magical”.

Stephanie teamed up with fellow musician Johnny Dunne and went home to Lancashire to set about making her follow-up album. “I loved being 100% involved with the sound of the new record, I sang the songs to Johnny and he played music that weaves around my voice. There was no outside pressure on us. The goal was to make an album that we loved.” This resulted in her second album, Sunlight On My Soul released on her own SLK Music label in 2006.

After the song Easy As 1,2,3 was used in an advert for the Peugeot 308cc Allure, there was problems re-acquiring the rights to release the single. In response made to a comment made on her official website Stephanie stated - "Unfortunately I'm not able to release 'Easy As 123' by myself. It's a legal thing - I share the rights with the guys who produced it. It drives me crazy too!! When I get a record company involved it'll be on the album"

Two years later, Stephanie re-acquired the rights and found a new label to release Easy As 1,2,3 set for release May 21, 2012.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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