The Joel Rafael Band includes, Carl Johnson on guitar, Jeff Berkley on percussion, Jamaica Rafael on violin and viola, and features the songs and lead vocals of Joel Rafael. Joel and the band have shared stages with Crosby Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal, Iris Dement, John Sebastian, Emmylou Harris, John Lee Hooker, and many other national acts.

Joel was a 1994 finalist and a 1995 winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk Emerging Songwriter Award, and the band recently headlined the 2nd annual Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma. Joel's grandparents, parents, wife, children and friends are often the characters that populate his ballads, and the band serves up a slice of true-blue "Americana" in almost every song.

They released two albums on Reluctant Angel Records and their third recording, Hopper, was released in 2000 on Jackson Browne's Inside Recordings label. We're were very excited to be able to host this house concert for the Joel Rafael Band and they certainly fulfilled every expectation as they showcased both old and new songs before a packed and very appreciative audience.

For more information, please visit their Web site at: www.joelrafael.com.