Deni Bonet

Deni's credits as a performer are like reading a Who's-Who of popular, alternative music; she was an original member of the cast of MOUNTAIN STAGE - which as you probably know is a weekly, live performance radio show on around 150 NPR stations across the country - and has either performed or recorded with (here goes...!) REM, Sarah McLachlan, Chris Whitley, Gravity Kills, Daniel Lanois, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson, Warren Zevon, Bruce Cockburn and many others. In fact, last year, Deni was invited by REM to appear as a special guest (along with Patti Smith) on their "UP" tour.

A complete discography is available.

Her band has performed at Lilith Fair, to amazing reviews, with most reviewers picking her as the standout act on the outside stages. In 1998, Deni had a hugely successful show at SXSW at the State Theater in Austin. On a bill that included John Hammond, Kathy Mattea, and Robyn Hitchcock. she won over the sold-out audience and earned herself a standing ovation. This precipitated an immediate invitation to play at NXNE in Toronto, with a full -page preview in NOW! Magazine. She has been a regular at Intel & CMJ festivals in New York and has become an in-demand act, headlining various festivals along the Eastern seaboard.

Look out for Deni in the Robyn Hitchcock movie 'Storefront Hitchcock', directed by long-time Robyn fan, Jonathan Demme, for Orion Pictures/MGM. Deni was a major musical contributor to the Robyn Hitchcock album, Moss Elixir and their tours together, as a duo produced even more accolades for Deni, including rave reviews from USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe.

Click this picture for a larger versionShe has toured independently in the US. opening for Patti Smith, Lisa Loeb, Midnight Oil, The Tubes, Marshall Crenshaw, Robyn Hitchcock, The Beautiful South, The Nixons, Luka Bloom, The Bogmen, & The Continental Drifters. Her 2 visits to Turkey, have provided some great photo opportunities and, of course some wonderful musical moments, playing at a major international festival in Istanbul, and in clubs around the country, (including "Manhattan" in Ankara!)

Deni was the first 'alternative' act to be asked to play the series of lunch-time, summer shows in Herald Square, in New York City, usually reserved for opera, string quartets and 'safe' jazz. This show was the most successful of the season by far and she has been invited back every year .