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For Daybreak Over Jackson Street, Steph Cameron had the luxury of being able to choose from a far larger collection of songs than with the debut. “The songs on this record were selected for their depth and maturity. As I develop my craft, storytelling increasingly becomes an opportunity for me to empathize with and express love for struggling people.”

The result is a collection of songs that showcase Steph’s storytelling songwriting style, one that works in perfect tandem with the sparse production style chosen. The themes they explore of love, loss and finding joy when times are rough are universal. What truly rings clear is the authenticity of the human experience that the characters she sings about have been through.

Cameron views songwriting in almost mystical terms. “As a writer I’ve always felt that the song exists somewhere outside of myself and I am just a conduit. I get glimpses of it here and there, until eventually the song reveals itself to me. From there I can just reach up and pull it down.” Many of these new songs feature a more mature Cameron looking back upon earlier turbulent times. “As I get a bit older I’m able to recall my youth from a different perspective. 

Cameron’s evocative voice and perceptive lyrics continue to captivate, as does her evolving yet still fluent acoustic guitar work. “I continue to work at the tradition of folk, but old country sounds, particularly guitar, are prominent in this record.” she analyses.

There is daybreak over Steph Cameron’s musical career, and a bright and shining future surely lies ahead.

Nation Of Two

It’s a classic love story with a musical twist: a northern Prairie songbird and an authentic Appalachian boy meet in an historic coastal city, fall in love and cross borders together to build a life and take the stage. And a nation of two is born.
Nation of Two is a newly formed folk duo composed of Winnipeg’s Jessee Havey and Nathaniel Good of West Virginia.

The pair’s commitment to their personal and musical partnership is reflected in their name, which was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s vision of the “nation of two”, or “how a pair of lovers in a world gone mad could survive by being loyal only to a nation composed of themselves”.

Two incredible voices from two separate countries. Two major talents meeting to create a new musical Nation of Two.