According to San Francisco"s KGO Radio producer, Erik Nordby, Samantha Stollenwerck stands poised to "fill the female Ben Harper void that the music schene is definitely asking for". With a diverse style and sound she calls "Cali-Soul", Stollenwerck fuses elements of singer-songwriter, Americana, soul, rock, pop and even modern gospel. Samantha and her band, The Ritual, have either shared the stage with or collaborated with the Dead"s Rob Barraco, Bernie Worrell of Parliament Funkadelic, Rob Wasserman, Om Trio, Vinyl and members of Galactic.