Stephen Cochran is tagged as: country, hot, new traditionalist, new artist, modern country If great country music is still built on a solid foundation of compelling real-life stories and soul-deep family tradition, Stephen Cochran was born to the breed. With a Music Row pedigree, a soldier’s sense of purpose and a lifetime’s worth of stories, this 27-year-old explodes onto the country music scene with a self-titled debut album that combines the best of cutting-edge, contemporary songwriting with the deepest country music tradition. It’s a potent combination, and it was Cochran’s intention from the start. “We really tried to capture country music as a whole,” he says. “This is all about the music, and I handpicked every song on this CD.” From the cracking snare drum that kicks off “Friday Night Fireside,” the album’s raucous leadoff track and debut single, it’s clear that, musically, Cochran means business. Cochran knew he had to record the song that was co-written by Isaac Rich, brother of Big & Rich’s John Rich. Born in Pikeville, Kentucky and raised in the creative heart of Nashville’s songwriting and recording community, he watched his Dad, Steve Cochran, wrestle with the machinery of Music Row as a struggling songwriter and artist. Country greats Bobby Bare and the late... Read More About Stephen Cochran Biography... Send Stephen Cochran ringtones to your cell |
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