June 29, 2011
Bonnie Whitmore Moves Up Front
During a Fat Tuesday celebration at Plano's's Last Chance Saloon in March, the heavily beaded and soused patrons that packed the popular suburban spot were focused on a ditzy cougar-wannabe who insisted upon earning Mardi Gras prizes the easy way outside on the club's patio. Meanwhile, just a few feet away from the distracted party people, a rather quiet musical performance was taking place. (more...)Read More
May 4, 2011
Bonnie Whitmore is a product of a pretty interesting childhood. Raised in Texas by a classically trained opera-singer mother and singer-songwriter father, along with a talented violin- and fiddle-playing older sister, Whitmore naturally became influenced by and drew inspiration from her family. At age 8, she started to play bass, joined the family band and toured Texas. Later, she learned to play acoustic guitar and cello, then, at 16, Whitmore began writing her own material and performing with local musicians.
Her sophomore...
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Friday, May 6, 2011 – Bonnie Whitmore “Embers To Ashes”
It has been a delicious week of music. Today is a treat from Bonnie Whitmore, with her sister Eleanor and Eleanor’s significant other, guitar virtuoso Chris Masterson. Pure fun. Meantime, now I am reading Bonnie’s blog, and she bakes! We were too busy to read it before SXSW, and so until now, I did not know she made cookies while she was here in Austin during SXSW. I am sure by the time we saw them on Saturday,...
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May 13, 2011 – Bonnie Whitmore’s music relishes in country tragedy…
FAIRBANKS — Bonnie Whitmore will admit that her last album, “Embers to Ashes,” had a body count. In one song a man is burned alive and in another a different man is a victim of a knife that just “slipped.”
The lyrics are not literal, but the woman behind the songs insists that she didn’t mean to write songs that were so dark. That’s just what came to her during a bad breakup.
“It’s funny how that came together,” She said...
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