Singer-songwriter Alicia Stockman is “Homebound.”
That’s the name of her new album, which she and her band will play during a record release party on May 30 in Peoa.
Tickets are available at aliciastockman.com, and the venue and address will be provided after purchase.
Stockman’s friend John Sherrill will open the night; DJ Marty Paws will close it. In between, Stockman and her band will perform songs from the new album in track-listing order.
“We’re playing downstairs in their music venue, and it’s such a beautiful place,” she said. “I spent a long time looking for a venue, trying to get the dates lined up. And it was fun working with them. It feels nice to have a sense of localness in Park City. It will feel cozy, and the sound will be great.”
The Heber City-based Stockman, who is no stranger to the Park City music scene, has been working on “Homebound” for what she calls a “hot minute.”
“Musically, it was songs that have been written over a couple of years,” she said. “They were all written at various points between 2021 and 2025.”
The process, she said, was a big undertaking in terms of cost.
“It was an expensive record to make, and I think that’s the nature of the business these days,” she said. “I crowd funded and had a lot of support from my community to help make it possible.”
Even after raising more than $20,000, Stockman also added more funds to make sure she could print CDs and cut vinyl, tap into a photographer — Natalie Simpson of Beehive Photography — and recruit a graphic designer, Emily Shirley, who is based out of Austin, Texas, for the album cover and line notes.
“That was a big undertaking,” she said.
Of course the album wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the songs, Stockman said.
“I released an album (“These Four Walls”) in 2021, which were the best songs that I had written up to that point as a younger songwriter and relatively new as a singer-songwriter,” she said. “I had been a musician for a long time, but I had only been a singer-songwriter for a little while. And since then I have put so much road between then and now and that version of myself.”
The 10 tracks that appear on “Homebound” show Stockman’s evolution as a songwriter.
“There are songs from that moment when I felt like I finally found my songwriter voice and who I am as an artist,” she said. “So, it was a lot easier to know these are the songs that belong on this record, and it felt like they had risen to the occasion. They make sense that they belonged together because this is where we are in my world and in my time. And when I play shows, these are the songs that I’m playing. So I feel very confident in the presentation of these songs and the music, and I’m very proud of it.”
“Homebound” was produced, recorded and mixed by Nick Bullock at Freda Recording in Nashville, Tennessee.
“Nick and I worked together on some singles I had done and a live EP, (“Live from the Doghouse,”) in 2025,” Stockman said. “He had this brand-new studio he built, so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to check it out.”
Bullock is a good listener, something Stockman appreciates in a producer.
“I’m not a good producer, even though I’m getting better, so I don’t know how to speak the language,” she said. “But I can say to Nick, ‘Here’s how the song makes me feel,’ and as a team he and the musicians will figure out what I mean and make it happen.”
For the recording Stockman worked with Nashville session musicians — Bullock on various instruments, guitarist John McNally, percussionist Derrek Phillips and bassist Clark Singleton.
Utahn Emily Hicks, who sings backups in Stockman’s live band, also joined the sessions.
“We recorded the 10 songs in three-and-a-half days, and that’s a testament to their skills and abilities to bring out the best in the songs,” Stockman said.
Still, Stockman was pretty prepared when she first entered the studio on April 28, 2025, because her Utah band — vocalists Hicks and Amanda Lynn Jones, bassist Nick Steffens and drummer Nick Price — had already played the songs live for a while.
“They helped me tighten up arrangements and transitions,” she said. “So what the Nashville musicians and I did in the studio wasn’t that much different, even though we did massage a few things in the studio.”
Stockman also cited her participation in singer-songwriter competitions has helped hone her musicality.
“In terms of playing, competitions keep your chops up,” she said. “Whether it’s a cover gig or what not, it’s a great way to stay sharp. And I learn how to write songs by learning other people’s music. So cover gigs give me a way to dive into the music I like to listen to, and I can dissect other people’s songs.”
Stockman competed in two competitions this month — Songwriter Serenade in Schulenburg, Texas, where she placed fourth, and the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest at Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival, in Richardson, Texas, where she was one of seven finalists.
“You have only two songs to win the hearts of many,” she said. “So it’s challenging to step into this role, be charming, play songs that are so much a part of you and hope people like you.”
While Stockman learns a lot from performing, she enjoys the networking.
“During Songwriter Serenade there were 15 semifinalists, and I made 14 new best friends who are in the exact same position I’m in. We have so much knowledge to share with each other,” she said. “I remember sitting around a table with seven women, and five of those seven host their own music series of some kind. We had one who was a pro at grant writing. One had sponsorship stuff figured out. And another could connect us with a booking agent who knows about European tours. So between us all we had this mega think-tank moment.”
Still, Stockman has been learning as she’s going as an independent artist.
“I’m very list oriented, so I have a spreadsheet checklist with all the things I need to remember,” she said. “To get a record done, you have to chart it. You have to book the studio time. You have to have the money. You have to record it. You have to do the mixes. You have to figure out the track order. You have to get a copyright. You have to master. You have to decide what format you will master it — digital, vinyl, CD — which are all different. Then you have to do promo photos and merchandise design. There’s a thing called DDP (disc description protocol), and you have to upload to the distributor and put lyrics and credits in.”
Right now, Stockman is putting rewards together for all those who supported her crowdfunding campaign.
“Shipping will be on my docket this week, and that’s exciting because it’s the more tangible part of things,” she said.
In the meanwhile, Stockman just opened a pre-order for those who supported the campaign.
“I’ll open it up to the public next week, so by the time of the album-release show, it will be available for purchase to everyone,” she said.
CDs and vinyl will be available for purchase at the gig, and “Dust to Settle” and “Cold Country” are the album’s current singles that have been released.
Stockman also plans to release another, “I’m Moving On,” on June 4, before the album hits all streaming platforms on June 18.
“Homebound” is also a testament of human beings making music instead of AI, Stockman said.
“One of the song contests I was in, somebody entered a song that they used SunO AI Music to produce it,” she said. “So when the contest organizers went to invite this person to enter the contest, they found she wasn’t a working musician. She just wrote some lyrics and put them in SunO. She didn’t have any of the other skills to perform for an audience.”
So Stockman wants people to hold her new record in their own hands and hear the music with their own ears.
“I worked with really great people every step of the way, and my whole goal of this record is that I just want human beings to listen to it and enjoy it,” she said. “If you are listening and have feelings or feel seen, that’s all I want.”
Alicia Stockman ‘Homebound’ album release
- When: 6 p.m. on May 30
- Where: Venue and address will be provided after ticket purchase
- Tickets: $20
- Heber to Park City Transportation Bundle: $40 — includes round-trip transportation from Heber Valley Brewing Co. and full concert admission.
- Tickets and web: aliciastockman.com