To truly understand Bonnie Bishop, you need to experience her music live. Everything else is just bullet points. Raised between Texas and Mississippi, Bonnie got her start in the outlaw country scene around Austin, where her raspy vocals and powerhouse performances made her a standout. From 2002-2008, she released three independent albums (“Long Way Home, “Soft To The Touch,” and “Things I Know”) and often opened shows for legendary songwriter Robert Earl Keen, who helped expose Bonnie to a national audience. In 2008, she moved to Nashville and signed a publishing deal with Writer’s Den Music; her song “Not Cause I Wanted To” (co-written with NRBQ’s Al Anderson) was recorded by Bonnie Raitt, who won a Grammy for Best Americana Album in 2012. The following year, another of Bonnie’s songs (“The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts”) was featured in the hit TV show “Nashville” and voted Top Ten Songs of the Year by New York Times (Jon Pareles.) In 2015, Thirty Tigers signed Bonnie and released “Ain’t Who I Was” (Dave Cobb) followed by “The Walk” (Steve Jordan) but the pandemic halted all touring plans. So in 2020, Bonnie went back to school to earn a master’s degree in creative writing from Sewanee University of the South; while there, she wrote a book about her stepfather, legendary college football coach Jackie Sherrill, a story that was later licensed into a documentary (“The Last Outlaw.”) In 2022, Bonnie returned to the musical stage thanks to Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance, who took her on the road as his backing vocalist (“Signs of Life Tour”) and opening act (2023-2024 “Joy Of Nothing Ten Year Anniversary Tour.”) During their travels, Vance and Bonnie co-wrote her forthcoming seventh studio album “What If None Of This Is Real?” (Vance) which they plan to release in conjunction with a 2026 world tour.