Biography

Bonnie Bowers is a career musician with a lifelong passion for composition and production. Whether as a solo artist or with a band, her rhythms are found irresistible to many cultures and many ages. Bonnie has traveled the world sharing her love of music as a headliner, session player and producer.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Bonnie started early as a violin and voice soloist and at ten years of age she went on to professional recording, touring and television appearances, performing large choral and dance productions for a locally based international youth chorus. She had performed for presidents, popes, royalty and more in this chorus and was required to act as an international ambassador of good will.

Bonnie studied dance with the Ohio Ballet while working as a choreographer, actress and singer. After moving to New York City, she studied audio recording as well as bass and guitar while working as an acrobat, background vocalist, session musician, live audio engineer and production manager.

Bonnie Bowers is a world class singer, musician, engineer, composer and internationally accredited recording artist. She has worked with;

* Junior Marvin and The Wailers Band
* Steel Pulse
* Prentiss McNeil (Drifters)
* Teddy Riley (Michael Jackson)
* Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare
* Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
* Diana King
* Milica Paranosic (Julliard)
* Steve Holley (Wings)
* Larry Mitchell (Billy Squire, Tracy Chapman)
* Paul Pesco (Madonna, Beyonce)
* Richie Cannata (Billy Joe, Beach Boysl)
* Julio Fernandez (Spiro Gyra)

Bonnie has also shared the bill with such artists as:

* The Band
* Bo Diddley
* Burning Spear
* Big Mountain
* Moby
* The Guess Who
* Leon Russell
* Buddy Miles
* Andy Summers (The Police)

Bonnie’s ‘world/reggae’ CD “The Best Of All Possible Worlds” on Gekko Rekkords (USA), contains original music and a Grateful Dead cover. The recording brought much attention in the West Indies, home, and abroad ushering a release of the single “I Don’t Care” through Sonic Sounds (Kingston, JA). Jamaica’s XNews credited the writing to resemble the work of the late Bob Marley.

Like HARRY BELAFONTE with Calypso; MICHAEL FRANKS with Bossa Nova or WILLIE NELSON with country music, Bonnie has taken the road less traveled carving out a unique style.

“She is brilliant! She has such depth and range with exciting, powerful vocal arrangements, kind of orchestral, she remakes songs in her own image.”-Jack Miller

“Bonnie’s voice captures the unique contradiction of vulnerable sensitivity intertwined with just the right amount of street-wise savvy”
–Downtown Magazine, NYC

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