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Touring nationally for thirty years, Joanne Rand "continues to push the art pedal to the floor," NOW mixing her 15th CD of original songs, "Southern Girl." "Stories from the Inside Out," released in 2013 was recorded during her 2012 musical apprenticeship with a master 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 five CDs were released in the past five consecutive years and she continues to tour the U.S. "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 family, Rand teaches music, and continues to tour. 

PRESS QUOTES

•	“Excellent voice - spot on arrangement” - Solent Records, U.K. 
•	" 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…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

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