Deni Bonet is a US-born singer-songwriter, electric violinist, and multi-instrumentalist. She began her professional career in the house band of

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'' radio show. She left to pursue a solo career and also became a prolific session musician. She has toured and recorded with many notable performers including

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Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan Order of Canada, OC Order of British Columbia, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is ''Surfacing ( ...

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, and

Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...

, and has released several CDs of her own original music.

Career

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

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. Deni was featured in the

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movie ''

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'' performing alongside Robyn Hitchcock. She was also the subject of a Wall Street Journal article on how artists were affected by the downturn in the economy, and a Billboard magazine article on her NYC-area cable TV show "Duets with Deni". "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

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, Jenny Bruce, Dave Foster, Roger Greenawalt, Lach,

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, and Bari Koral. Season Two featured Jon Spurney, Bill Clift,

Christine Ohlman Christine Ohlman (born November 25, in the Bronx, New York City) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, music scholar. Her nickname "The Beehive Queen" refers to her distinctive platinum beehive. She leads the band ''Christine Oh ...

Mary Lee Kortes Mary Lee's Corvette is an American band led by Michigan-born singer-songwriter Mary Lee Kortes. The group has recorded five albums; four of which primarily feature songs written or co-written by Kortes. The band's third album, ''Blood on the Track ...

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, and

Patti Rothberg Patricia Lynne "Patti" Rothberg (born May 4, 1972) is a singer-songwriter and painter. Born in New York City, Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, New York. Rothberg played all the guitar and bass parts on her debut album, '' Between the 1 and the 9 ...

. Deni's music has been featured in several television shows, including '' Cathouse'' and ''

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'', 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

's "'cool blue halo' 25th Anniversary Concert" DVD released in winter 2012. She is an endorsee of Barcus-Berry Electric Violins, C. F. Martin & Company, Martin Guitars, Kala Brand Ukuleles,

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, 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

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(born Edmund Enright) at the official White House St Patrick's Day reception in Washington DC, where they performed several songs for President

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, First Lady

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, Vice President Joe Biden, the

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(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

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in the US and Rough Trade in the Benelux countries. Featuring songs co-written with Stephen Gaboury,

and Jon Cobert among others, the album was recorded with world-class session musicians including

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Graham Maby Graham Maby (born 1 September 1952), is an English bass guitar player. He has recorded and toured with Joe Jackson since his first album, appearing on most of Jackson's albums and tours. He has continued to record and tour with Jackson even w ...

, and

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. Produced by Emmy award-winning engineer Paul Bevan, recorded and mixed by Robert L. Smith, and mastered by Scott Hull at

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, 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

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. Subsequent to the release of the new album, Deni embarked on two-month-long European tours, performing in the UK (including the legendary

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in Liverpool), Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland. The Huffington Post published an article about Deni in September 2017 which included the premiere of the video for "Light This Candle". In October 2017 Deni premiered orchestral versions of several of her recordings, performing with the award-winning

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Symphony, including two orchestrated by Gene Pritsker, one by Stephen Gaboury, and

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's "

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" orchestrated by

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's orchestrator Steve Bartek (who has orchestrated the music for all of

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's movies). The performance, conducted by maestro Stephen Heyde and with concertmaster Joseph Duque, was met with a standing ovation. In February 2018 Deni was invited back to Carnegie Hall, performing an electric set culminating with

's "

". She was invited back again in February 2019 and she received a standing ovation after her set, and again in February 2020. In 2019 Deni was appointed an Arts Envoy by the US State Department, and spent August in

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at the Dhow Countries Music Academy teaching songwriting, violin, and rock n' roll. In January 2020 Deni returned to Zanzibar to record original music with local Tanzanian band Stone Town Rockerz which will appear on her new album, to be released later this year. In February she appeared once again at Carnegie Hall as a headliner as part of the Sixth Chinese New Year Spectacular, and also performed as soloist on four of her own songs with the Danbury (CT) Community Orchestra. During the COVID-19 pandemic Deni has been keeping busy while staying home, broadcasting a popular fortnightly "Happy Hour Live" show on Facebook Live and YouTube Live to a global audience, and working on the final tracks for her new album which will be released in 2022.

Discography

* The Split Squad - Another Cinderella (2021) played Strings and String Arrangements * John Brennan - No Offense, None Taken (2021) played Violin and Ukulele * Matt Owens (of

Noah and the Whale Noah and the Whale were a British indie rock and folk band from Twickenham, formed in 2006. The band's last line-up consisted of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Tom Hobden (violin/keyboards), Matt "Urby Whale" Owens (bass guitar), Fred Abbott (g ...

) - Hungover in New York (2020) played Violin *

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– Never Say Goodbye (2020) played Violin * Marci Geller – Bare (2019) strings and string arrangements, also Accordion *

Larry Kirwan Larry Kirwan (born 1954, Wexford) is an expatriate Irish writer and musician, most noted as the lead singer for the rock band, Black 47, and conceiver/co-writer of Paradise Square, the Broadway Musical for which he received a Tony Award nomina ...

- Heroes/Belfast EP (2018) played Violin, Strings and Vocals * Salim Nourallah - Somewhere South Of Sane (2018) played Violin, Viola and String Arrangements * Deni Bonet – Bright Shiny Objects (2017) Main performer * Niall Connolly – Dream Your Way Out Of This One (2017) played Violin, Viola and String Arrangements *

– Out Of Time (2016) played Violin * Tiny Tim – Tiny Tim's America (2016) played Accordion and Violin *

Larry Groce Larry Groce (born April 22, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and radio host. From 1983 until 2021, Groce served as the host and artistic director of '' Mountain Stage'', a two-hour live music radio program produced by West Virginia Public ...

Michael Cerveris Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: ''Assassins'', ''Sweeney Todd'', '' Road Show'', and '' Passio ...

and Everybody – Take Me Home Country Roads (2016) played Violin * Honor Finnegan – Roses And Victory (2016) played Violin * The Junior League – Also Rans (2015) played Violin, Viola and String Arrangements * Amy Soucy – This River (2015) played Violin * Kevin Brown – Grit (2015) played Violin * Rebecca Lowe – Rebecca Lowe (2015) – string arrangements, played Violins * Eupana – So Many Suns (2014) string arrangements, played Violin and Viola * Judy Kass – Better Things (2014) played Violin and Viola * Deni Bonet – It's All Good (2013) Main performer * Jade Summers – Vintage (2013) played Violin, Viola and String Arrangements * The Junior League – You Should Be Happy (2013) played Violin, and String Arrangements * Friction Farm – I Read Your Book (2013) played Violin * The Fishkillers – ''West Of Thunder'' (2013) played Violin, Viola, Accordion, Ukulele and Vocals *

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably ...

– God's Counting On Me, God's Counting On You (2012) played Violin, and Chorus *

– Cool Blue Halo 25th Anniversary Concert (2012) played Violin * Arlon Bennett – World Of Possibility (2012) played Violin * Gathering Time – Red Apples And Gold (2012) played Violin * Kati Mac – Save Me From Myself (2012) played Violin * Pinataland – Hymns for the Dreadful Night (2011) played Violin and Viola * Richard X. Heyman – Tiers: And Other Stories (2011) played Viola and Violin * Luminosity – Luminosity (2011) played Accordion and Violin *

– Glow (2010) played Violin * The Cynthia Kaplan Ordeal – Fangry (2010) played Violin * Ken Bari Murray – Four Seasons (2010) played Violin * Clara Lofaro – Clara Lofaro (2010) played Violin, and String Arrangements *

– Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (2009) played Violin, Viola, String Arrangements and Vocals * Rosemary Loar – Indigo and Iridescent (2009) played Viola and Violin * Tiny Tim – I've Never Seen a Straight Banana: Rare Moments, Vol. 1 (2009) played Accordion, Ukulele, Viola, Violin and Vocals * Bud Buckley – Sitting On The Wind (2009) played Violin and Viola * Meg Braun – Tomboy Princess (2009) played Violin * Deni Bonet – Last Girl On Earth (2008) Main performer * Deni Bonet – It's You And Me This Christmas (2008) Main performer *

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

and Carla Olson – In Concert (2007) played Violin and Vocals * Jewmongous (feat.

)- Taller Than Jesus (2007) played Violin * Jenn Friedman – Open Book (2007) played Violin * Bud Buckley – It's About Time (2007) played Violin and Viola * Jen Eliott & Bluestruck – This Damn Song (2006) played Viola and Violin *

Dave Rave Dave "Rave" DesRoches is a Canadian rock musician from Hamilton, Ontario. To the general public, he is the sometime Teenage Head rhythm guitarist on the early recordings who graduated to lead singer during a Frankie Venom hiatus in 1985 and ...

– Anthology, Vol. 1: The Hot Tunes (2006) played Violin and Vocals * Clara Lofaro – Black + Blue Pearl (2006) played Viola and Violin * Dave Revels – Family Ties (2006) played Violin and Accordion * Jen Elliott – This Damn Song (2006) played Violin and Cello *

– Surfacing/Solace (2005) played Viola, Violin and String Arrangements *

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– L Word: The Second Season Sessions (2005) played Viola and Violin * Brian Lane Green – Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt (2005) played Violin * Various Artists – String Quartet Tribute to Weezer: Pull This String (2005) played Viola and Violin * Judy Gorman – Analog Girl In A Digital World (2005) played Viola and Violin * Deni Bonet - Acoustic, OK? (2004) played Violin, Viola, Accordion and Vocals * The Hyperjinx Tricycle – Songs of Jack Medicine,

Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consisted of cassettes recorded a ...

& Ron English (2004) played Violin * Various Artists – String Quartet Tribute to Weezer: Come On and Kick Me (2004) played Viola and Violin * Bibi Farber – Second Kiss (2004) played Violin * Lora Lee and Leo – Blue Horse (2003) played Violin, Viola and Accordion * Lee Cave-Berry – Spring Forward (2003) played Violin * Drive Til Morning – Drive Til Morning (2002) played Viola and Violin *

– alt.mania (2002) played Violin * Lora Lee and Robbie – You Can't Half Tell (2002) played Violin and Viola * Chris Butler – Museum Of Me, Vol. 1 (2002) played Violin * Deni Bonet – Bigger Is Always Better (2001) Main performer * Various Artists – Zipped Up And Down (Under) (2001) played Violin and Vocals * Violet – We Both Know It's Out There (2001) played Accordion, Viola and Violin *

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

– Live From Mountain Stage (2001) played Violin and Vocals * Esther – Eve's Lament (2001) played Viola and Violin * The Parlor Dogs – Social Harem (2000) played Accordion and Vocals * Taylor Barton – 13 Break Ups (2000) played Accordion, Viola, Violin and Vocals * Marc Farre – Man on the Sun (2000) played Violin *

– Storefront Hitchcock (2000) played Violin * Various Artists – Songs Of Bruce Springsteen (2000) played Violin (performing with

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) * Lach – Blang! (1999) played Viola and Violin * Lauren Agnelli & Dave Rave – Heaven & Earth (1999) played Violin * The Novellas – Magnets in Intimate Places (1999) played Viola and Violin * Kramer – Let Me Explain Something To You About Art (1998) played Accordion, Viola and Violin * Various Artists – What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs (1998) played Viola, Violin and Vocals (performed with Lauren Agnelli,

, and Pat Humphries) * Glen or Glenda – Reasons in the Sun (1998) played Viola and Violin * Judy Gorman – Analog Girl in a Digital World (1998) played Violin and Viola * Fuzzbuddy – Fuzzbuddy (1998) played Violin * Various Artists – Texans Live From Mountain Stage (1997) played Violin and Vocals (performed with

Sara Hickman Sara Hickman (born March 1, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, and artist.Sara Smile Still ...

) *

Gravity Kills Gravity Kills was an American industrial rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."Jacquie Kubin, "J ...

– Manipulated (1997) played Violin * Various Artists – One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen (1997) played Violin * Lauren Agnelli &

– Confetti (1997) played Violin * Various Artists – Celtic Music Live From Mountain Stage (1997) played Violin (performed with

Luka Bloom Luka Bloom (born Kevin Barry Moore; 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of folk singer Christy Moore. Early life Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. His pare ...

) * Various Artists – Louisiana Live From Mountain Stage (1996) played Fiddle (performed with

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) *

– Moss Elixir / Mossy Liquor (1996) played Percussion, Piano and Violin *

– Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff

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(1996) played Viola and Violin * Various Artists – Women: Live From Mountain Stage (1996) played Violin and Vocals (performing with

Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multi ...

) * Deni Bonet – Deni Bonet (1996) Main performer * Various Artists – Live From Mountain Stage, Vol. 8 (1995) played Violin (performing with

John Gorka John Gorka (born July 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement." Personal life Gorka was raised in the Colon ...

) *

Iain Matthews Iain Matthews (born Ian Matthews MacDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthe ...

– Camouflage (1995) played Violin * Various Artists – Christmas at Mountain Stage (1994) played Violin and Vocals (performed with

Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including ''Cowboy Songs' ...

and

Mike Seeger Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, ...

) * Various Artists – Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage (1994) played Violin (performed with

) *

Lim Giong Lim Giong (; born 7 June 1964) is a Taiwanese musician, DJ, actor, and an active figure in the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene. He is known for recording rock songs in Taiwanese Hokkien, starting with his first hit song "Marching F ...

– Entertainment World (1994) played Violin (incorrectly credited as Denny Bonnett) * Various Artists – Best Of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 5 (1993) played Violin (performing with

Kevin Welch Kevin Stephen Welch (August 17, 1955) is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums. He is also one of the cofounders of the Dead Reckoning Reco ...

) * Maryen Cairns – For Eternity (1993) played Violin * Various Artists – Best Of Mountain Stage, Live Vol. 4 (1992) played Violin (performing with

and Tracy Nelson * Various Artists – Best of Mountain Stage, Live Vol. 3 (1992) played Violin (performing with

Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Tho ...

and

) * Rod MacDonald – Highway To Nowhere (1992) played Violin *

– Path Of Thorns (1991) played Viola, Violin and String Arrangements *

– Solace (1991) played Viola, Violin Arrangements and String Arrangements *

Chris Whitley Christopher Becker Whitley (August 31, 1960 – November 20, 2005) was an American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. During his 25-year career he released more than a dozen albums, had two songs in the top 50 of the Billboard mainst ...

– Living with the Law (1991) played Viola * Various Artists – Best of Mountain Stage, Live Vol. 2 (1991) played Violin (performing with

, and

Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award f ...

) * Various Artists – Best of Mountain Stage, Live Vol. 1 (1991) played Violin * Stark Raven – Learning To Fly (1989) played Violin and Vocals * Stark Raven – One Hundred Million Reasons (1985) played Violin and Vocals

Film credits

Cool Blue Halo 25th Anniversary Concert (2012) – performs as herself * ''West of Thunder'' (2012) – appears as the fiddler *

– Live… At Last (2004) played Violin *

– Storefront Hitchcock (1998) played Violin * ''Chillers'' (1987) – performing as one half of The Fabulous Twister Sisters

References

External links

*
denibonetjapan.blogspot.com/
– Deni Bonet Japanese Fan Site
YouTube.com
– Deni Bonet video channel on YouTube
OverdubStrings.com
– Deni Bonet custom string arrangements site {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonet, Deni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women singer-songwriters Electric violinists 21st-century violinists 21st-century American women