DESCRIPTION:
The Joy Dragland Band performed at Lower East Side's music venue, Rockwood Music Hall on Saturday, September 12th, 2015.

j o y d r a g l a n d
a minnesota native with arctic scandinavian blood, dragland's musical career started as a child behind the drums in her dad's band.
the gig did not pay well.
she also learned piano, violin & guitar.
she sang at church & in the yard, under the bed & in the bath.
she liked crystal gayle & dolly parton and eventually a lot of other, less glamorous people.
she studied with richard davis at university, played a presidential rally, wrote & recorded three pop records with frequent collaborator leo sidran with whom she toured europe & japan, formed, art directed & performed in a madonna review and weekly cabaret show, wrote & produced two solo albums, co-wrote & collaborated and/or performed with many others & has shared the stage with acts as diverse as rupaul, suzanne vega, ben sidran, bettye lavette, melissa ethridge & shirley manson.
she also is featured in the commercial world, most recently as the voice of Glade.
her spirit animal is the otter.
and you, dear reader, otter buy her records:
Bandcamp
Itunes
Amazon