About 5,000 years ago (roughly) Stokes decided she wanted to write music. Not just any music, rather music that is universal to the human experience. 

So she set out to live many lives and experience many things - both beauty and pain (often in the same instant) to truly capture the essence of humanity. 

In this lifetime, she chose to be born into a family of artists and musicians. She wanted to learn from their love of music and life itself.

She then decided to break out of the paradigm of living in the United States (specifically San Diego) and follow love to Germany and Europe, to widen her experience of culture, language, and humanity. It was there she began writing with other musicians and performing around Germany for a few years. 

One day, a neon sign lit up her mind: 

LOS ANGELES

She cried, because she was from San Diego and she had zero interest in the city of LA. But she followed the signs. 

It was in LA that she met her mentor and friends who helped strip down all of the research and development she had done into a singular, compact, original voice of her own. 

In the fall of 2023 she released her debut album, self-produced and recorded called Common Ground. It is an intimate exploration of a soul coming home to itself. She toured the west coast of the U.S. as well as a tour through London to share her music and book of poetry and lyrics from this project. 

The following year, Stokes teamed up with LA session legends Karl Vincent (bass) and MB Gordy (drums) to form the explosive and dynamic trio that is now known as Sam Stokes & the Sunfires. The trio plays all around Los Angeles hosting shows with incredible live bands throughout SoCal to bring some of that music magic to the people. 

Stokes is currently working on her first studio album with Plaid Dog Recording Studio in Boston. This is a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to be able to take this next batch of songs to the next level. Take a listen to her debut single

The Tale of Gaia at this campaign page and preview listening link.