10 Years Gone
The opening track on Eklöv | No. 1.
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Eklöv | No. 1
Ode to Oakleaf · 2019 · Two songs
Two finished songs—and an honest beginning to the work still taking shape.
The artist
I’m Stephanie.
I make food and music.
I’m Stephanie. I make food and music. Ode to Oakleaf began as a name for my songs and grew into a place for the things I keep returning to: memory, place, process, and the ordinary work of making something meaningful. The music starts quietly—with a lyric, a question, or a melody that will not leave—and develops slowly enough to keep the human edges intact. I’m interested in songs that feel lived in rather than polished past recognition. This page holds the finished work, the unfinished middle, and the road toward whatever comes next.
Songs should feel lived in—not polished past recognition.Read the Ode to Oakleaf story
Start with the record
Two ways into Eklöv | No. 1
A two-song release by Ode to Oakleaf, featuring “10 Years Gone” and “Drifters.” Start here, then follow the Studio Letters as the next songs move from handwritten drafts toward finished recordings.
Drifters
The second and closing track on Eklöv | No. 1.
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Eklöv | No. 1 is the first finished work gathered here: two songs, “10 Years Gone” and “Drifters,” released in 2019.
The next body of work is still in development. Studio Letters will document that middle ground—the lyric changes, arrangement questions, voice memos, and small decisions that happen before a song is ready for the studio.
Studio Letters
The unfinished middle belongs here, too.
Song fragments, lyric questions, arrangement choices, and honest notes from the long stretch between a first idea and a finished recording.
The first letter is taking shape.
Join below and I’ll send it when there is something honest and useful to share.
Follow the next songs.
A personal letter about once a month—what I’m writing, what is changing, and what it may take to bring the next recordings into the world.
No manufactured urgency. Just letters when the work has something to say.
Support the next recording
Help a song make it past the notebook.
New songs are written, but development and studio time take resources. For now, the best way to help is to listen, join the Studio Letters, or leave a small contribution toward the next recording.
Support the musicPeaceful Kitchen
Playlists for making dinner—and a little room to breathe.
The curated side of Ode to Oakleaf: warm, family-friendly listening for the kitchen.
About 2 hours
Indie Folk Kitchen: The 2000s
A cozy mix of 2000s indie folk for cooking dinner, slowing down, and hanging around the kitchen a little longer. Full of acoustic guitars, piano, warm harmonies, and songs you’ll want to sing along to.
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18 songs • about 1 hour
90s Kitchen Radio: Pop-Punk at a Simmer
A warm, family-friendly mix of 90s pop, alternative, and pop-rock favorites made for gathering in the kitchen. Chop, stir, sing along, and keep the meal—and the memories—moving.
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