Deni Bonet

Deni Bonet
Background information
Genres Indie pop, Indie folk, Alternative rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, String Arranger at OverdubStrings.com
Instruments Electric Violin, Acoustic Violin, Viola, Ukulele, Accordion, Guitar, Piano, Mandolin
Labels Zip Records (Sony/RED) and M*R2 Records
Website www.denibonet.com

Deni Bonet is a US-born singer/songwriter, electric violinist, and multi-instrumentalist. She began her professional career in the house band of National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage radio show.[1] She left to pursue a solo career and also became a prolific session musician. She has toured and recorded with many notable performers including Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan, Richard Barone, and Robyn Hitchcock, and has released several CDs of her own original music.

Career

Deni has performed on several national television shows, including Saturday Night Live,[2] Late Night with Conan O'Brien,[3] The Today Show,[4] and Last Call with Carson Daly.[5] She was also a guest on an episode of the nationally syndicated Nate Berkus Show,[6] discussing her unique holiday decorating style, and was featured in an episode of Fox Television's Ambush Makeover.[7]

Deni was featured in the Jonathan Demme movie Storefront Hitchcock performing alongside Robyn Hitchcock.[8] She was also the subject of a Wall Street Journal article on how artists were affected by the downturn in the economy,[9] and a Billboard magazine article on her NYC-area cable TV show "Duets with Deni".[10]

"Duets" featured live performances by local and international performers, accompanied by Deni. Each 30-minute show featured two songs written by the guest, two written by Deni, and the show ended with a cover tune chosen by both Deni and her guest. Season One featured Sean Altman, Jenny Bruce, Dave Foster, Roger Greenawalt, Lach, Richard Barone, Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew, and Bari Koral. Season Two featured Jon Spurney, Bill Clift, Christine Ohlman, Mary Lee Kortes, John Wesley Harding, and Patti Rothberg.

Deni's music has been featured in several television shows, including Cathouse and Passions, and she has scored the soundtracks of the American Civil War Drama Red Legged Devils and the recently released Western Drama West of Thunder, in which she also appears. Bonet is also featured in Richard Barone's "'cool blue halo' 25th Anniversary Concert" DVD released in winter 2012.

She is an endorsee of Barcus-Berry Electric Violins,[11] Martin Guitars, Kala Brand Ukuleles,[12] Daisy Rock Girl Guitars,[13] and Thomastik-Infeld Strings in the USA and worldwide. Deni Bonet also operates OverdubStrings.com, an online business that creates and arranges violin, fiddle, and accordion tracks for studio and home recording projects.

Deni was honored to be invited to accompany Irish multi-platinum performer Mundy (born Edmund Enright) at the official White House St Patrick's Day reception in Washington DC, where they performed several songs for President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, and several hundred invited guests.

In February 2017 Deni released the all-instrumental album Bright Shiny Objects on Zip Records, distributed on Sony RED in the US and Rough Trade in the Benelux countries. Featuring songs co-written with Stephen Gaboury, Richard Barone and Jon Cobert among others, the album was recorded with world-class session musicians including Shawn Pelton, Will Lee, Steve Holley, Graham Maby, and Liberty DeVitto. Produced by Emmy award-winning enginer Paul Bevan , recorded and mixed by Robert L. Smith, and mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, the album showcases Deni’s broad musical talent across a wide variety of musical genres. Shortly thereafter she performed 3 of her original songs live at Carnegie Hall, one of the highlights of her musical career so far.

Discography

Film credits

References

  1. ↑ "Mountain Stage favorite back home for concert series" WVPubcast website, August 14, 2009
  2. ↑ Saturday Night Live, NBC Television, October 7, 2006
  3. ↑ Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC Television, January 13, 1999
  4. ↑ The Today Show, NBC Television, February 4, 2008
  5. ↑ Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC Television, January 23, 2004
  6. ↑ The Nate Berkus Show, Sony Pictures Television, December 23, 2010
  7. ↑ Fox Television, September, 2003
  8. ↑ Gardner, Elysa."Something Wilder", LA Times, Los Angeles, January 26, 1997.
  9. ↑ Wendy Bounds "Economy's Sour Notes Grate, but Aspiring Musician Keeps Tempo Upbeat.", The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2001.
  10. ↑ Bessman, Jim."Bonet Promotes Collaboration", Billboard, November 1, 2003
  11. ↑ Barcus-Berry list of endorsing artists
  12. ↑ Kala Ukuleles list of endorsing artists
  13. ↑ Daisy Rock Girl Guitars list of endorsing artists
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