Highlighted by an artistic acumen and an amazing ability to evoke emotion, Stokes' music is demonstrative of a songwriting craftsperson at work, with music, words, and vocal performances that connect to the hearts and spirits of all who hear them. What is undeniable is the deeply honest approach to her musical storytelling, a wide-open emotional tableau that is representative of the silence of the vast forests, and big open skies of the northern Ontario city of North Bay where Stokes was born and raised. Stokes is a five-time Northern Ontario Music and Film Award nominee. Her Sophomore LP ‘When The Sun Goes Away’ earned her a nomination for Album of the Year at the Ontario Folk Music Awards.