Album Of The Week

"'Out This Fell', Stephanie Hatfield’s 4th studio album, is an indie, folk and pop offering that spins an assortment of epic tales including that of a 50 year friendship set in Naples, the abandonment of those left to the decay of Detroit, surviving a mental breakdown in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, and the sweet simplicity of a love that still holds true and comforting even after death."

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"If readers want a hook into the music of Stephanie Hatfield, then it is that it has echoes of Brandi Carlile and Calexico, with the pop aspect going back to Carly Simon in the 70's.

- Martin Johnson / Americana UK

"Stephanie Hatfield is originally from Detroit, has a Kentucky hillbilly heritage and now lives close to nature in the south west. Throw a few more things into the recipe, childhood singing in a Presbyterian church, youthful holidays doing everything the old fur traders did, moving to New Mexico on her own with her cat, her snake, and her motorcycle, with no job lined up, and only $100 to her name after her 1st month’s rent, and you get a sense of someone who has travelled. Listen to the album and you can hear some of the diverse influences that Hatfield has picked up along the way: some americana, some folk, some indie rock, and the odd flicker in the arrangements of things more diverse from mexican to opera. This jumble might make for a strange brew, but on 'Out This Fell' Hatfield has pulled it all together into a gently creative tension."

- Mike Wistow / Folking -

"Stephanie Hatfield’s 4th album, ‘Out This Fell’, starts with a few gently rocking tracks, but is ending with her best poetic songs about loss, love and break up stories in ‘Never Go Away’, ‘River Still Runs’ and ‘Like Sweetness Does’. She can count on our full approval and acquisition recommendation."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -