Joanne Rand

Artist Information

Biography

Touring nationally for a quarter of a century, Joanne Rand "continues to push the art pedal to the floor," releasing her 13th CD, "Stories from the Inside Out, The Nashville Sessions," a live mix of songs recorded during her 2012 guitar apprenticeship in the U.S. music capital. Rand has appeared with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, John Hartford, and recently earned a BFA in Music Composition. Rand’s 2010 CD release was submitted for Grammy nomination by San Francisco Recording Academy’s President. You can't keep this woman down, her last four CDs were released in the past four consecutive years and in 2012 she toured from border to border. "Whatever muse inspires Rand only seems to grow stronger with time" - Eugene Weekly.
Writing and playing music since childhood in the Deep South, Rand cut her performance teeth playing bluegrass in Alaska and spun musical magic with natives in the Amazon. She spent six formative years touring from her remote homestead in the Pacific Northwest wilderness, fully launching her career in California’s North Bay Area, where she remains revered as one of the region’s finest independent artists. A North Bay Bohemian readers’ poll voted her “Best Acoustic Band,” and calls Rand a “legendary…longtime local hero.” In the 1990s Rand helped anchor Seattle's thriving music scene, collaborating with her songwriter brother, during his last years of life. Residing now in Arcata, CA, with her husband and daughter, Rand teaches music, does film scoring, and continues to tour.

PRESS QUOTES
• “Excellent voice - spot on arrangement” - Solent Records, U.K.
• "Joanne is a very intense performer whose music transcends the folk genre and makes it a spiritual, musical, and lyrical experience… her delivery and ability to fill a room with emotion, as if she is delivering a private performance directly to your heart, make her shows very special. Book this woman, she's fantastic." –M.Nassar concert producer, 2012
• “Grab an umbrella and soak in a true talent.” -Weekly Volcano, Olympia, WA, 2012
• “A 22 caliber pistol with a 45 caliber slug in it” –Joel Tepp (Bonnie Raitt side man) 2012
• "celebrated musician, composer and teacher. From stripped-down folk songs to lush, textured rock arrangements, she makes consistently engaging, perceptive, universal music."-SFStation.com, 2011
• “Through her songs, Rand traverses love, politics, conservation, spirituality and life with a seasoned-to-perfection voice, that, according to Terry Tempest Williams, ‘Opens the doors of creation’.” -Santa Cruz Weekly, 2010
• “Thank you for being so good” –Janis Ian
• “Great stories, deep feeling.” –George Winston
• “Rand’s voice raises your hair, elegance and fierceness in the same deep breath” –Gary Snyder
• “Angels walk among us” –Patti Cathcart (Tuck and Patti)
• “Rand Radiates rejuvenation” -Dirty Linen Magazine

Instrumentation

Joanne Rand (solo or with band)
Brad Cox - Drum Kit
Ken Braziel - Bass
Claudia Paige (occassional) - drums and percussion
Tim Randles - Keyboards & Piano

Discography

"Nashville Sessions" © 2013
"Rise" © 2011*
"Live with Claudia Paige" © 2010*
"Snake Oil & Hummingbirds" © 2009*
"Broken Open" © 2008
"Where Our Power Lies" © 2005*
"Into the River" © 2003*
"Family History" © 1999*
"Timothy Leary" feature film (contains 2 songs)
"Grant Me Eyes" © 1996*
"The Monkey-Puzzle" © 1995*
"Live" © 1991
"Choosing Sides" © 1989
"Home" © 1988
*These CDs are available via: joannerandmusic.com
New Live material on www.reverbnation.com/JoanneRand

included in countless music compilation CDs and films
including:
•TIMOTHY LEARY'S DEAD (major motion picture)
•Screen Actor's Guild produced film, 2011

Official Website

http://www.JoanneRandmusic.com

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Reverbnation
• YouTube
• lyrics blog

Audio

• Torch w/ Tim R.
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• Maid of Constant Sorrow
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• Streets Today
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• Rattlesnake w/ bass& harmony(Piets)
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Lyrics

• Torch of Freedom
• Can't Keep a Good Man Down
• Rise
• STREETS TODAY

Video

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Press

• Bay Area, CA [+ Show ]
  

  North Bay Bohemian , 2009 - "Longtime local hero", 2009 - "Legendary" Voted "Best Acoustic band o...North Bay Bohemian , 2009 - "Longtime local hero", 2009 - "Legendary"
  
  Voted "Best Acoustic band of 1995" in Bohemian's Sonoma County, CA Reader's Poll
  
  Sonoma County, Ca "Women's Voices", 2006
  "Joanne's songs span the human condition...Joanne has a gift for capturing ancient, universal principles that she offers up to our troubled world, offering long term optimism."
  
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat (NY Times Publication),
  1998 - "exemplary...richly talented"
  1995 - "Astonishing in its musical breadth, virtuosity and the overall care taken to bring it to fruition, this CD is nothing short of brilliant"

• Eugene & Portland, OR [+ Show ]
  

  Eugene Weekly October, 2010 - Whatever muse has inspired Joanne Rand has only seemed to have grown s...Eugene Weekly October, 2010 - Whatever muse has inspired Joanne Rand has only seemed to have grown stronger with time. Rand just released her 10th CD, Snake Oil and Hummingbirds, last year, and now she’s back in Eugene celebrating the release of a new CD, Live with Claudia Paige. Paige, who in 2007 was voted one of the 25 best female drummers worldwide, has performed and recorded with some of the top stars of the past 20 years, including Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Frank Zappa and more. The CD was recorded at the Caspar Community Center in Caspar, CA. No matter who or what inspires Rand’s musical output, at its core is a loving fierceness and sense of oneness with nature that Rand doesn’t hold back on. Not quite folk, not quite rock, whether she wrote the song or not, Rand’s outlook is all her own — Vanessa Salvia
  
  Portland, OR Southeast Examiner, October 2010 - “Joanne Rand is a powerful, inspiring chronicler of the times we live in. Her voice is like no other and her elliptical storytelling consistently advocates for the spirit of nature and the planet. Joanne Rand has been a Northwest favorite for many years. Her music is uncompromising, powerful and evocative and she has been a voice of reason in these changing times. Her albums are spirit touchstones as well as milestones for many who are moved by her insight and vision. Rand has been an Oregon Country Fair favorite for two decades and instead of slowing down, she continues to push the art pedal to the floor and has two new recording projects for this tour. Her music is fierce, visionary, incantatory and filled with advocacy for the natural world and sanity in this 21st century. Her voice is a powerful, remarkable, exceptional and unforgettable force of nature.”
  -Register Guard, Serena Markstrom, Nov. 2009
  “A work so layered and complex it’s hard to call it folk music with a straight face. But at the core…Rand’s substantial, grounded songs remain.”
  
  Eugene Weekly, Molly Templeton, Nov. 2009
  “Still fierce, still insightful,…still inspired…wild and free for a long time to come.” -
  
  Eugene, OR Register Guard, Randy Prince, Dec. 2009
  “A sense of place…”
  
  Portland, OR, SE Examiner 1998
  "...the sweetly tremulous, hauntingly husky sound of this popular songbird has fans flocking throughout the west and southwest."

• Santa Cruz, CA [+ Show ]
  

  Santa Cruz Weekly, Cat Johnson, March 2010 - “Through her songs, Rand traverses love, politics, cons...Santa Cruz Weekly, Cat Johnson, March 2010 - “Through her songs, Rand traverses love, politics, conservation, spirituality and life with a seasoned-to-perfection voice, that, according to Terry Tempest Williams, ‘Opens the doors of creation’.”
  
  Santa Cruz Good Times, 2003 - "Her singing inspires praise usually reserved for healers and saints"
  
  Santa Cruz Good Times 1999 - "she plays [with] a homespun strength that makes it all her own...passion and grace that is quite disticntive...at times she brings an Appalachian trill to her ballads; at other times she'll take her voice down to a throaty, gritty moan."

• Patti Cathcart (Tuck and Patti)
  

  "Angels walk among us"

• Janis Ian
  

  "Thank you for being so good."

• George Winston [+ Show ]
  

  "Another great recording by Joanne, Wonderful reditions, also of the Old Time songs" -2009 "Great ..."Another great recording by Joanne, Wonderful reditions, also of the Old Time songs"
  -2009
  "Great stories, deep feelings"
  -1996

• Gary Snyder (Pulitzer Prize winning Poet)
  

  "Joanne Rand's singing raises your hair, elegance and fierceness in the same deep breath."

• Dirty Linen [+ Show ]
  

  "Grace and responsiveness flow from her keyboard and intimate voice like fountains,...Rand radiates ..."Grace and responsiveness flow from her keyboard and intimate voice like fountains,...Rand radiates rejuvenation"
  -2000
  
  " Rand's singing is soulful...the songs are intellingently crafted...[her] delivery is engaging and passionate...a rewarding listen."
  -1998
  
  "...Rand succeeds in entertaining as well as teaching...[he] powerful voice conveys a passion that can't be denied"
  -1995
  
  

• Terry Tempest Williams, author
  

  "Acoustic ritual...her voice opens the doors of creation."

• Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, WA [+ Show ]
  

  "Joanne Rand is using her experiences of life and death to take her music to new levels...deeply per..."Joanne Rand is using her experiences of life and death to take her music to new levels...deeply personal...spirited" -Seattle, WA, West Seattle Herald 1996
  
  "...Beautifully woven, life affirming lyrics, diversity of musical styles, and elegant sound quality...uplifting, brimming with hope and joy, and of course there's her amazing voice, a winning combination" -Ladyslipper Music, 1999
  
  "ever enjoyable lyric and note...emotional vocals...incredible guitar and keyboard playing...fun and catchy. Rand's distinct voice with its throaty warbling, whispering qualities, and her dedicated, sensitive and insightful lyrics are the key ingredients to the superb quality of this recording." -Tacoma, WA, Victory Music, 1999

Setlist

sets vary in length (45 minutes up to 3 hours) and content according to the situation. Songs appropriate for: 1) A Danceable Good Time 2) Heart Opening 3) Spirit Rousing 4) Thematic shows (for example: Enviro/Socio-Politico/Gender related/special topics) 5) Kids shows.

Her music has graced weddings, dances, births, and stadiums (w/ crowds of 60,000), opening hearts across a wide spectrum of humanity. Her current set (up to three hours played straight through) includes mostly original material peppered with uniquely arranged traditionals (Scottish, Americana and Appalachian), all sung in Rand's own inimitable style.

Basic Requirements

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