Joanne Rand

Touring nationally for thirty years, Joanne "continues to push the art pedal to the floor," currently recording her 14th CD of original songs. In 2013 she released her 13th CD, "Stories from the Inside Out, The Nashville Sessions," recorded during her apprenticeship in the U.S. music capital with a forefather of the Americana genre.

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 most recent five CDs of original music are released in five consecutive years while she teaches music, leads workshops and tours the U.S. 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 prolific songwriter brother, during his last years of life. She now lives in Arcata, CA.

2015 Session 1


2014 Session 3


2013 Session 3

  1. Singing Into Being: A Vocal Workshop With Joanne Rand, 1  all levels, no experience necessary
  2. Singing Into Being: A Vocal Workshop With Joanne Rand, 2   all levels, no experience necessary

2011 Session 1

  1. Singing Into Being, A Vocal Workshop With Joanne Rand—1, all levels
  2. Singing Into Being, A Vocal Workshop With Joanne Rand—2, all levels