“I personally can’t live without Western music,” says Joni Harms. “I like a lot of today’s country music, but the truth of the matter is that I’m very serious about keeping the western side of country music alive. The majority of my songs include lyrics of the west, because I love to write about things I’ve experienced. Rodeos, cowboys, and the ranch way of living shows through a lot in my music.”
Harms signed her first record deal with famed producer Jimmy Bowen (Capitol Records) in the early ’90s and has been a winner of multiple Academy of Western Artists Awards including top honor for Entertainer of the Year in 2002. In 2003. She was named Female Vocalist of the Year and accepted the award for Song of the Year from the Western Music Association.
Harms lives on a ranch in Oregon with her family that was homesteaded by her great, great grandfather in 1872, this has been an inspiration for many of her songs. Joni says, “I always want the songs I sing to be a good representation of who I am.”
A Woman Knows
After All
I Need A Wife
I’ve Got A Feeling For You
Jealousy
Love Won’t Get Nowhere
That’s The Way I Feel About You
Two-Steppin’ Texas Blue
We Work It Out
Weakness For Cowboys