Stephanie Nilles September 15, 2012

Stephanie Nilles is an independent musician constantly on the move. At 17, she was a finalist at the Young Concert Artists' International Competition. At 22, she had graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a BM in classical piano performance. These days, she's performing her own politically-influenced jazz/folk tunes, described by listeners as "Ella Fitzgerald on speed beating the @#%* out of Regina Spektor" and "Tom Waits on helium," in her adopted home base of New York City and out on the road in a hatchback with a Roland.