Glide Magazine | Firecracker Vocalist Bonnie Whitmore Remains Provocative & Forceful On 'Last Will & Testament' Interview

Bonnie Whitmore has been singing and playing music since she graduated from diapers. She was born into a family of musicians with her mom being trained as an opera singer, dad a folk singer, and her sister Eleanor sings and plays violin as one half of The Mastersons. The running joke in the family was in order to be a Whitmore, you had to be able to sing and play an instrument. She learned to play cello, bass, and rhythm guitar often competing with Eleanor, and was playing professionally in bands by the age of 15.

Nashville became the spot for Whitmore to hone her songwriting skills and now an Austin native, her artistry is as authentic as the most rugged divey honky-tonk in town. Whitmore does not shy away from a difficult conversation and turns feminist frustration into a spiked up rock spun with explosive anguish and a blackened whirl of garage explosiveness. Yet she also has a Linda Ronstadt type sheen that graces listeners with a big voice that sways effortlessly on the melodic.

Whitmore released her debut album Fuck with Sad Girls in 2016, and it received multiple accolades. Last Will & Testament is the follow-up album set for release on October 2 and it remains as provocative as her first record. The first single from the album is “Right/Wrong” that she wrote with her co-producer, Scott Davis. She quipped in another interview that she was thinking of Mr. Rogers when she wrote the song. Glide was able to catch up with Whitmore and here is how it evolved.