04.24.08 IN RICH.com Stephen Simmons It's no surprise that singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons, who was born and raised in the small town of Woodbury, Tenn. (population: about 2,500), is steeped in a sense of rural Americana. Perhaps more unexpected is how Simmons' songs have been embraced in locales far, far from home. Simmons has gathered rave reviews from the triumvirate of major British music magazines (Mojo, Uncut and Q), and his Web site features video clips of him performing to appreciative audiences in Denmark and the Netherlands. Maybe that's because the subjects of his songs -- faith, love and regret -- have their own global language. – Ryan Muldoon