Performer Information

Joni Harms and Emmylou Harris were the only two women individually signed to the Warner Western record label, home to numerous members of the Western Music Hall of Fame. Joni recorded her award-winning CD, Cowgirl Dreams, for Warner Western in 1998, and while she was with that label, she was featured in People magazine, Billboard, USA Today and other prominent publications. The CD was selected by the Tennessean as one of the Top Ten that year, wedged between Alan Jackson and George Strait!

Her fan-base has spread throughout the West, from her ranch in Oregon, homesteaded in 1872 by her great-great grandfather, around the world to Ireland (where she recorded a 2 CD set of her concerts while on tour there), Australia, New Zealand, England, France, Germany, Norway, Latvia, Italy and other countries where her “live” performances have drawn enthusiastic audience response.

Joni’s many compositions, especially “Bless the Farmer” and “Let’s Put the Western Back in the Country,” illustrate her roots and her soul. They’ve been well received by DJs and the record buying public because they strike a chord with audiences who can relate to the land and who love Western music. A fan of Western swing as well, some of her most popular recordings have an uplifting shuffle beat; songs like “’Two-Steppin’ Texas Blue” and “Cowboy Coffee,” loved by fans everywhere.

She has recorded 14 CDs, has won multiple honors from the International Western Music Association and the Academy of Western Artists, and has been the featured musical guest at the American Quarter Horse Finals numerous times and elsewhere across the West. She has appeared on the Ralph Emery Show and the televised portion of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and in Carnegie Hall in New York City, along the way. And she’s rightfully proud that her singer songwriter daughter, Olivia, is following in her footsteps, having just completed her third CD!
O.J. Sikes

Art Fegan Entertainment
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Canby OR 97013