Samantha Stollenwerck (born September 8, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released four full-length albums and a four-track EP.

Biography

Stollenwerck's debut album, ''Square One'', was self-produced and released in 2005 on San Francisco's in the Pocket Records. Stollenwerck's second album ''Carefree'' was produced by

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, and released on November 10, 2009, on indie label Dusty Peach Records. She collaborated with songwriter

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. Her third album was ''Lights Down & Unreleased''. Her fourth album, ''Traveler's Songbook'', was recorded after traveling through more than 30 countries, and the songs and music videos incorporated influences from Germany, Eritrea, Russia, the Arctic and Antarctic Regions, Uganda, Rwanda and Yemen. One of the influences of this project was

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's ''

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''. The album was released on November 25, 2014. Stollenwerck has used her music to raise funds to build a school in

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with Pencils of Promise. She collaborated with

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on the song "Ooh Dee Ooh" as part of the Patagonia Music Collective and helped build a community center and music program with SYRV, a clean water initiative in

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. Stollenwerck and Mark Foster of

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recorded a never-released version of

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's "California" for a statewide tourism campaign. She co-wrote and was featured on Right the Stars song "Don't Let Me Go to Sleep", from their 2014 album ''The Only Thing''.

Touring

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Stollenwerck received support in San Francisco from

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radio, and played at venues such as

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and

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. Stollenwerck has played festivals including

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and

Austin City Limits ''Austin City Limits'' is an American live music television program recorded and produced by Austin PBS. The show helped Austin become widely known in the United States as the "Live Music Capital of the World", and is the only television show t ...

, and

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as well as tours with

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 200 ...

, G. Love and Special Sauce and

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. In 2011 she performed at

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, Texas.

Discography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stollenwerck, Samantha American women singer-songwriters American singer-songwriters Living people 1978 births 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers