Draft:Carand Burnet
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Carand Burnet is an American guitarist, sitarist, and songwriter currently based in Maine.{{Cite web |title=About · Kioea · Surf Guitar · Stand Tall |url=https://www.kioeamusic.com/about/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Kioea |language=en-US}} She is the leader of the band Kioea and is known for her blend of surf rock, psychedelic music, and global influences.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Episode 356- Carand Burnet from Kioea {{!}} Guitar Radio Show |url=https://guitarradioshow.com/episode-356-carand-burnet-from-kioea/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |language=en-US}} Her music has received recognition twice from Bandcamp as "New & Notable" featured releases. J. Swartwood of Aquarium Drunkard described Burnet's music as "simultaneously modern and vintage.”{{Cite web |last=Gage |first=Justin |date=2022-05-25 |title=Kioea : S/T |url=https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/05/25/kioea-s-t/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Aquarium Drunkard |language=en-US}}
Biography
Burnet grew up near Charlotte, NC,{{Cite web |title=Archive Player |url=https://www.wmpg.org/archive-player/?show_key=wed2330&archive_key=0 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=wmpg |language=en-US}} where she first began playing the guitar at the age of 9, and started learning the sitar while in college.{{Cite web |last=Hislop |first=Christopher |title=Kioea brings its psychedelic surf rock to Loading Dock Series at 3S |url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/entertainment/2022/07/01/kioea-brings-its-psychedelic-surf-rock-loading-dock-series-3-s/7785730001/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Portsmouth Herald |language=en-US}} She studied art and creative writing at The New Hampshire Institute of Art, in Manchester, NH.{{Cite web |title=CreativeGround |url=https://www.creativeground.org/profile/kioea |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.creativeground.org}} In 2019, while living in the New Hampshire Seacoast, Burnet founded her band, Kioea. Since then, she has performed at venues and festivals including Twenty Summers, The Thing in the Spring Festival, 3S Artspace, The Music Hall, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, SPACE Gallery, WMUR Summer Concert Series, and elsewhere. In 2022, Burnet received a Maine ARP Grant through SPACE Gallery and the National Endowment for the Arts to support the making of Kioea’s album Stand Tall.
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