About
Candace Campana is an edgy flare of fresh air! Candace is a self-proclaimed rock country queen, living daily life on the farm running skid loaders and tending to animals. Her musical influence pulls from the metal genre, giving country rock songs a gritty twist.
She enjoys singing the National Anthem at sporting/charity events and countless motorcycle runs. Candace was honored to sing for the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Equine Affaire, several Military Balls and Veterans Day celebrations, and Team USA’s Olympic Boxing Pre Trials! Candace has also sung the National Anthem for the Professional Bull riders, Monster Trucks, Harlem Globetrotters, Ohio State Fair, and for Boom Boom Mancini’s boxing campaign.
This year at the Canfield Fair as well, (Candace’s hometown fair and pride and joy) she was asked to sing the National Anthem at the Grandstands to start the Truck and Tractor Pulls!
If you’re a roller coaster junkie, you may have seen Candace perform at the Roller Coaster capital of the world, “Cedar Point,” as she rocked their stages. Candace’s voice airs regularly on the Summit Radio! Her single, “No Average Joe,” ranked in the top 3 of The Summit Radio’s 2022 Top 33 song countdown. The stations include 90.7 Youngstown, 91.3 Akron/Canton and 91.7 Athens..
Candace’s debut album, “Goodie Two Shoes Girl,” released September 30th 2022, and is available on all streaming sites as well as and physical CDs. She also brewed up a special Christmas EP that released Nov 1, 2023 called, “Rocker for Christmas.” It made quite a splash at the Summit Radio FM. Just send Candace a message on social media or an email through this site to reserve your copy, and T shirt as well! CD’s are also available at the Record Connection in Niles, Ohio.
Candace has opened for acts such as Chris Higbee, Colt Ford, Neon Union, Kylie Morgan, Sam Derosa, Big Smo, The Shootouts, AC Jones, Brother Trouble, Jann Klose and several others. Candaces has played the Ohio State Fair, Canfield Fair, Trumbull County Fair, and has headlined several other venues. Whether performing solo with her acoustic guitar, or full band accompanied by Pete Drivere (guitar), Adam Parrot (drums) and Todd Kilgore (bass), you can find this girl on stage.
She’s also collaborated with drummer Ed Davis, from Youngstown favorite, “The Vindys.” Davis’s drumming can be heard on a few of her singles off the album. Candace also caught the eye of Brian Welch from her favorite band, “Korn,” and he’s posted her album to social media to help promote her music.
Candace’s music videos can all be found on Youtube, so make sure to check out her channel. Candace can be found on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook and Reverbnation, so make sure to look her up!
Ever been to Rogers Flea Market? Candace is a regular on hit show “Flea Market Fanatics” and even wrote the jingle. The show made such a wave it landed itself a spot on Amazon, See her on IMDB!
Though a total rocker chick with that country twist, Candace caught the eye of the Canton Symphony, teaming up for a Classical meets Country Rock performance including all 10 songs from the Goodie Two Shoes Girl album!
In her spare time, (if she has any with her chaotic schedule) Candace enjoys writing songs, playing guitar, tap dancing, riding her horse Sunny Boy and spending time with her dog (Warlock), goat (Barnaby) Skunk, (Blix) and cats (Thackery Jinx and King Haggard). Candace honors faith as her strength and feels blessed every day for this passion she was gifted!