Colorado alternative country-folk singer/songwriter Angie Stevens brought her high energy act to headline the Celebration of Women in Music Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 at the Fargo Theatre. Denver's alternative entertainment weekly newspaper WESTWORD has bestowed on her its Best Singer/Songwriter award the last two years running. Stevens pours her heart and soul into her music born of a life in turmoil that saw childhood and teen years chalk full of travail. At the top of the list, her brother Steve (with whom she was very close) committed suicide when she was 12 and her mother's struggle with drug and alchohol addiction following her divorce from Angie's father form the intensely personal yet universal themes that she pours out in her music legions of fans can relate to. She does have a Fargo connection: Angie lived here in her teens when mom packed her up and moved here about a year after Steve's death. In a high school creative writing class here when she was 16, an essay for that class prompted its teacher to encourage her to let out her feelings. Not long after, her mom gave her Steve's old guitar, Angie taught herself to play and started performing when she was in college at St. Cloud State. She eventually re-located to the Denver area and has been mesmerizing audiences with her blend of gentle acoustic and in-your-face, raucous performances and CDs. Her 2006, 2CD release "Stand Up Girl" reflects her early life experiences including material relating to her beloved brother Steve.

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