Energy. Edge. Power. Beauty. Sheila Stephen. A master of the stage, Sheila mesmerizes her audiences with the skill of a professional and the ease of a natural. Having spent most of her life on stage, it's not surprising that she is at home there. What IS surprising is that Stephen just keeps getting better. "I feel more free on stage now than I ever have! It's not just about performing anymore. It's about feeling the music. Letting the music take over my mind, body and soul. And then taking the crowd along for the ride. THAT'S what it's about now. Being the music." , Sheila says. And she has been on all sides of a song. She was a published writer with EMI Nashville, co-penning a #1 hit for Reba, "New Fool at an Old Game". She is the midday personality on WHCC 105.1 FM, Hoosier Country 105 in Bloomington, IN, and has been fronting her own band since she was 17. Music. She sings it. She writes it. She spins it. SHE LIVES IT. Sheila Stephen is it.
Stephen began performing at the tender age of 13. Since that first performance, Sheila and her band have traveled all over the Midwest and beyond leaving behind a trail of adoring fans. Sheila is a World Class Entertainer! Above and beyond her natural talent for rendering songs, (from heartfelt conception through emotion filled conclusion) her live performance is unmatched. She has had the opportunity to open for many of the greatest country legends of all time including David Allan Coe, George Strait, Randy Travis, and Charley Pride . And some of today's brightest stars including Brantley Gilbert, Jerrod Niemann, and Josh Kelley. It was Eddie Rabbitt who first encouraged Stephen to move to Nashville, Tennessee and pursue a career as a songwriter. So she did just that. Her days were spent beating the Music Row streets making connections with some of the Rows greatest songwriters. That eventually led her to EMI Music Publishing, the largest publisher in the world, where she signed her first deal as a songwriter. Sheila quickly became one of Nashville's busiest demo singers as well, doing demo work for all of the biggest publishers and writers in town. This caught the eye of the EMI production staff and they decided to take Stephen in the studio and cut sides on her to pitch to the major labels. Sheila's stylistic rendering brought many of Nashville's industry insiders on to the Sheila Stephen bandwagon. All the while she would travel each weekend to perform Fridays and Saturdays at her Red Barn Jamboree music theater in Nashville, IN. This was where she honed her skills and created a fan base rivaled by none. While Stephen is able to perform several different styles of music, her passion is "Traditional Country" music. "In nearly three decades of radio, I've worked with literally hundreds of acts but few have this kind of energy and range. To go from Webb Pierce to Waylon and Willie to Carrie Underwood and Melissa Etheridge and back again takes real chops musically and real savvy professionally to make it all work. Not just anyone can get a family crowd rolling for a rowdy good time, but Sheila sure did.", Robb Reel, WFMS radio.
Energy. Edge. Power. Beauty. Sheila Stephen.
Stephen began performing at the tender age of 13. Since that first performance, Sheila and her band have traveled all over the Midwest and beyond leaving behind a trail of adoring fans. Sheila is a World Class Entertainer! Above and beyond her natural talent for rendering songs, (from heartfelt conception through emotion filled conclusion) her live performance is unmatched. She has had the opportunity to open for many of the greatest country legends of all time including David Allan Coe, George Strait, Randy Travis, and Charley Pride . And some of today's brightest stars including Brantley Gilbert, Jerrod Niemann, and Josh Kelley. It was Eddie Rabbitt who first encouraged Stephen to move to Nashville, Tennessee and pursue a career as a songwriter. So she did just that. Her days were spent beating the Music Row streets making connections with some of the Rows greatest songwriters. That eventually led her to EMI Music Publishing, the largest publisher in the world, where she signed her first deal as a songwriter. Sheila quickly became one of Nashville's busiest demo singers as well, doing demo work for all of the biggest publishers and writers in town. This caught the eye of the EMI production staff and they decided to take Stephen in the studio and cut sides on her to pitch to the major labels. Sheila's stylistic rendering brought many of Nashville's industry insiders on to the Sheila Stephen bandwagon. All the while she would travel each weekend to perform Fridays and Saturdays at her Red Barn Jamboree music theater in Nashville, IN. This was where she honed her skills and created a fan base rivaled by none. While Stephen is able to perform several different styles of music, her passion is "Traditional Country" music. "In nearly three decades of radio, I've worked with literally hundreds of acts but few have this kind of energy and range. To go from Webb Pierce to Waylon and Willie to Carrie Underwood and Melissa Etheridge and back again takes real chops musically and real savvy professionally to make it all work. Not just anyone can get a family crowd rolling for a rowdy good time, but Sheila sure did.", Robb Reel, WFMS radio.
Energy. Edge. Power. Beauty. Sheila Stephen.
