After performing and collaborating on 1990's 'Bite the Dirt' with the Hootch Hounds, 1995's 'Pretty as a Picture with The Sojourners and 1999's 'Get Lucky' with The Proxies, Joel Arant, a long-time member of the Iowa City music scene, has released his first solo CD. In previous incarnations, Joel played clubs and bars throughout Iowa, averaging close to 100 nights a year. With 'To Whom it May Behoove', he has returned to writing, recording, and performing as a solo acoustic artist.

"There’s more to this record than brilliant lyrics and sonic experiments. Arant has crafted a fantastic mixture of alt country and drama." -- Performing Songwriter magazine

"'To Whom it May Behoove' is one of the most beautifully crafted, uncontrived, genuinely affecting collections of songs I have ever heard......If there's a better song about the inevitability of a doomed relationship than 'I Had to Go' I've never heard it." -- americana-UK