An accomplished and award-winning multimedia artist and musician, Nedra Russ is a vessel of creative energy steeped in tradition. With subjects ranging from Italian vineyards to Janis Joplin and other contemporary musicians, to 3D paintings capturing the spiritual essence of nature's warriors, dragonflies, wolves, and bumblebees, her work details the visual and auditory legacy of the human experience.  Nedra's paintings and songs can be seen and heard across the United States and as far as Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Nedra has been showing in many a juried art shows and is in a traveling show the Honeycomb project 

Nedra has also been accepted into the Sierra Seven Arts Alliance, Dates  time and locations to be posted here soon .

Always trying new mediums and ways to do it differently, a true original from day one.

Nedra’s resume is very long and vast which has lead to her getting grants from the California Arts Council for West Point’s local youth center, BMCYF. Always giving back and loving each student, feeling like she learns as much from them as they from her. 

Nedra is on the board of directors for the Calaveras  Arts Counsel 

Having a major car accident in her late 30s led to an NDE and many surgeries and complications she lives with to this day. However this fact has only led her to dig deeper and give more. The hardships of such physical pain made her need her Muse even more, adding that spiritual nature to her work that shines light like a light house for herself and many of her students and fans. During her recovery from the car accident the nursing staff asked her family what would help in her recovery, so while in an induced coma they put headphones on her with music to ease the pain: the result is she came out of it ready to write and play music leading to her first CD that led to her being listed in the top 100 harmonica players by The World of Harmonica website and becoming a representative for Hohner Harmonica Company (now KHS America).

Shown here at SPAH with Charlie Musselwhite 

Nedra Russ's The Harmonica Lady™ line of jewelry features miniature, fully-playable harmonicas.  Her designs earned her the distinction of being the very first HOHNER USA Juke Joint Representative accepted on the basis of artistic representation of the instrument.   Since it's founding in Germany in 1857, HOHNER has been crafting high-quality harmonicas and other musical instruments, including accordions, guitars, and mandolins, to name a few.

Following an intensive course of study, Nedra is now certified by the renowned Berklee School of Music as a Modern Musician Specialist with emphasis on Songwriting, Musicianship and Music Production.

In 2009, Nedra studied speech-level singing with Daniel Hayes in Roseville (DEH™) and with Brett Manning's Singing Success™ program.  This foundation led to giving speech-level singing lessons to local youth in her hometown of West Point, CA.  Her volunteer work earned her the community's gratitude and the Teamagic award from the Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families in 2010.

Nedra's grandfather inspired her to first pick up the harmonica at age 12 and she never put it down.  She refined the skill by participating in master classes in San Jose in 1999, 2009, and 2010, working with such greats as David Barrett, Dennis Gruenling, Howard Levy and Joe Filisko at the classes and in subsequent online course offerings.

Nedra, an active member of SPAH (Society for the Preservation and Advancement of Harmonica), has been to their annual convention in Sacramento, CA and Virginia Beach, VI. San Antonio Texas and Tulsa Saint Lewis in addition to having a vendor booth for her art, jewelry, and music, will offer a seminar on songwriting with her husband, Julio Guerra. Also made the main many times.

On Nedra and Julio's 2012 album of original music, "Everybody's Been Somewhere," Nedra produced the album from start to finish.  This album was selected as the World Of Harmonica (UK) Peoples Choice 2nd place winner that year.

Also, in 2012, Nedra was ranked 94 on the list of All-Time Top 100 Harmonica Players by the World of Harmonica.

Discography

• 2009 MOVIN' ON
• 2012 EVERYBODY'S BEEN SOMEWHERE
• 2nd place in World of Harmonicas People choice award 
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• 2015 Dusty Roads
• 2017 EP Blues News
• 2019 Livin my life now

Nedra won the gold spike award at Jamestown 1897 rail town harmonica train competition 2013
 

New songs are being worked on for the next CD to come out in 2026