On her new album, Blood Moon, Steph Cameron explores the glint of the earth and its

spirit and speaks to our connection to the land, sky and one another. The title, Blood Moon,

describes the moon taking on a striking red hue and roots the subject of the album in awe of the

natural world and that of human connection. This sentiment is present across all nine tracks.

Blood Moon is Cameron’s first band album and highlights her growth as a songwriter, with

lyrics focused on the beauty and power of nature. “These songs share my curiosity about the

mystical world, drawing on my attachment to the forests and the plains. This record explores the

sounds of those places while telling stories revealing what makes us human.” On the production

side, Blood Moon takes a deep dive into the eclectic sounds of British 60’s folk and captures the

warmth of 70’s country/folk/rock, drawing on influences from bands like Fairport Convention

and Pentangle, combined with Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Joni Mitchell’s Ladies of the

Canyon.

Fittingly, the recording of Blood Moon began at Vancouver’s Afterlife Studios, formerly

the home of the historic Mushroom Studios, whose clients included Diana Ross and the

Supremes and Led Zeppelin. Cameron enlisted Juno award-winning producer and engineer John

Raham to co-produce and record this album. “Working with John Raham was like stepping into a

dream. He instinctively understood this record’s vision and brought everything I wanted to hear

to life.” Working in the iconic studio with Raham paid off: “Stepping into Afterlife is like

stepping into another world where everything else drifts away; the focus is clear.” Once the bass

and drums were recorded, Cameron and Raham travelled to Saskatoon to record the vocals and

collaborate with other artists at Rec Hall Studios. “I had the privilege of working with

unbelievably talented musicians on this album, and they helped bring out the vision that John and

I shared.” Vancouver’s highly sought-after rhythm players, Darren Parris and Leon Power,

created the bed tracks for this album, while Saskatoon mainstays Clayton Linthicum, Taylor

Jade, and Eliza Doyle added their touches as instrumentalists and vocalists.

The earthy sounds and warm tones that influenced Cameron’s approach complement the

record’s lyrics to create songs that take the listener through mystical forests in the warm summer

rain to a crackling campfire beneath a blood-red moon. However, Cameron hasn’t let go of the

sharp social commentary and storytelling she’s known for: From a loving tribute to her child to a

sharp criticism of the police shooting of an adolescent boy, to her own story of growing up with

abuse and moving on, fans will recognize Cameron’s talent for letting the listener see the world

through her eyes. “While this album strongly focuses on the earth and its spirit, it also carries

significant appreciation for people and tends to reach deep into their hearts.”

From a starlit night around the fire to a tour through the English rain on “Whatever

Questions You’re Asking” to accepting life’s setting sun on “Gone,” Blood Moon deftly balances

eclectic influences and sounds. The album’s upbeat lead single, “Rain,” is about the dissipation

of the soul and the search for those we’ve loved and lost. “Summer Song” is an uptempo, dark,

psychedelic 70s rock song, while “Morning Time” is a country/folk song that attempts to

comfort a lover the singer plans to leave. This freewheeling style is at the core of who Cameron

is: an artist who spent most of her youth hitchhiking and performing as a busker but has grown

and matured as both an artist and songwriter. “I became a mother at the beginning of thepandemic, which led to taking time away from making records and touring. The break between my last album and Blood Moon was a time of immense adjustment and change in my life.” Songs like “Changes,” a song for her son, chronicle this phase of her life and share it wholeheartedly with listeners.

Ultimately, Blood Moon is a transformative record that reveals a new side of her

artistry—one that makes us want to reinvest in whatever grounds us to the earth and each other.