The story of Stefanie Fix, an award winning singer-songwriter and an accomplished guitar player.
The musical journey of Stefanie Fix is a diverse and fascinating adventure; a rising star on the acoustic songwriter’s circuit, touring nationally and internationally; she mysteriously stopped touring in 2006. Spanning from her folksy, blues roots to folk-pop/americana, to experimental-psychedelic, to indie rock and finally all the way back again to her acoustic heritage. Stefanie Fix is back and ready to start sharing her songs again live.
As a teenager Stefanie was enchanted with acoustic music and found herself hanging out at song swaps, learning from legends like Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. This is where she learned the craft of songwriting and performing, and where she absorbed the values and traditions that she would carry with her through a myriad of styles and incarnations. Traveling like a beatnik throughout North America she’s lived in New York and San Francisco and now calls Austin, TX her home.
While living in San Francisco she recorded her first CD, Footprints in the Sky. Rather quickly she began to rise on the national folk-songwriter circuit garnering respect and recognition at a rapid pace. In that same year she was a finalist in the Sierra Songwriters competition and the KRCL Songwriters Competition at the Founder's Title Folk & Bluegrass Festival. In 2000, she was chosen as a finalist in The Lake County Folk Festival Competition. In 2001, the USA Songwriters Competition- top 20. In 2002, the International Billboard Songwriter's Competition; in 2003 she was chosen for the second time as a finalist in the KRCL Songwriters Competition...and was invited to perform in the Formal Showcase at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA) as well as the prestigious Emerging Songwriters Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (NY).
Along the way she began attracting an impressive assortment of musicians; by 2000 she had moved back to upstate New York where she recorded and released her second CD Survival which was co-produced by Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan) and the late Bob Mayo (Peter Frampton/Hall & Oates). In the first four months of release, tracks off SURVIVAL received over 5000 downloads and to date has received over sixteen thousand downloads on MP3.com.
Ever curious, Stefanie began to stretch beyond the confines of folk and in 2002 recorded an experimental EP called Limited Sight Distance (LSD). Produced by Kevin McMahon (The Walkmen/The Mooney Suzuki), with contributions from Adam Snyder, Jason and Justin Russo (all formally of Mercury Rev) and John Parker (Varnaline). It was becoming clear that Stefanie has an uncanny ability to attract a musical “crème de la crème” no matter what genre she’s exploring.
In 2004 Stefanie moved to Austin, Texas and 2006 she recorded her third full length CD, Crooked Smile. Released in 2007 Crooked Smile was produced by Stephen Doster (Willie Nelson, Nancy Griffith, Dr. John) & Johnny Goudie (Goudie, Canvas, Endocine). The CD also features the likes of Dony Wynn (Robert Palmer, Steve Winwood), Brad Houser (Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians), Stewart Cochran (54 Seconds/Jimmy Lafave) and Jon Sanchez (the Summer Wardrobe/Freedy Johnston). In that same year Stefanie was featured as the subject in a full length television documentary called “In Sound” about roots and acoustic music that was hosted by Tony Trischka and aired on PBS- NJ.
Crooked Smile received rave revues but Stefanie didn’t support the release with a tour. She says, “I never stopped writing songs during that time. The music buisness can really take a toll on your creative energy and I think I just needed to pull out of it for a while. Now, I’m just really excited to start sharing my songs again and I'm grateful that I still have the opportunity ” . Stefanie performs regularly as a solo artist, with a duo/trio, as well as with her full studio band. Look for her in a town near you!
