ERIC STEPANIAN offers songs that are accessible enough to be instantly appealing, but original enough to be genuinely unique. A deft blend of catchy melodies, instrumental virtuosity, and tasty harmonies—all combined with thoughtful and expressive lyrics—is displayed on the 2005 AUTUMN SHE LEAVES and 2008's WAIT OUT THE RAIN (THE LP).
In October 2008, ESPN featured Stepanian's "Criminal" on Baseball Tonight's "Web Gems Defensive Plays of the Year".
In addition to playing sellout shows, Stepanian has opened for Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, and Rusted Root.
In March 2010, Eric recorded his debut solo album in Kingston, NY with Grammy Award Winning Producer Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, John Mellencamp, Daniel Lanois). Eric and Malcolm worked feverishly throughout the month enlisting the talent of Ethan Eubanks (Teddy Thompson, Crash Test Dummies) on drums, Craig Ross (Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin) on guitars and Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams, Norah Jones) on pedal steel. In addition to singing backing vocals, Malcolm plays a variety of instruments on the record, including bass, piano, organ, harmonica and guitar.
