Hazel Ra is a collection of the art, music, and adventures of Hazel Rickard and her collaborators.

Since 2008, Hazel Rickard has biked across the country and worked as an artist in residence at Elsewhere in Greensboro, NC and Art Farm in Nebraska. She pieces together chance encounters and stories from those journeys in “The Shadows,” the first studio album by Hazel Ra. Hazel’s songs, at once haunting and comforting, intimate and distant, evoke the storytelling of the great American songwriters—weaving together mythologies, histories, and voices that have become distant over time.

Born and raised in Arcata, CA, Hazel spent her early days wandering through the Redwoods and singing into the wind. When she relocated to Portland, OR in 2006, she connected with the area’s old-time folk music scene. She spent much of her time researching and interpreting American folk music, and performed regularly with the Dapper Cadavers, a dark country band. She also worked on her solo music project, developing a process and a body of work that led to her work as a bandleader for Hazel Ra.

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