Interview with Bonnie Montgomery, Wimberley, Texas

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Date
2020-09-16
Main contributor
Bonnie Montgomery
Summary
Bonnie Montgomery (Wimberley, Texas)

Austin-based artist Bonnie Montgomery works in a multitude of genres, including outlaw country, classical, and opera. With her roots in White County, Arkansas, Montgomery is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who has performed and toured with a number of artists, securing the title of 2020 Entertainer of the Year from the Arkansas Country Music Awards, the ACMA 2019 Americana/Roots Artist of the Year, and the titles of Best Americana Artist and Best Female Vocalist. She has produced singles with rockabilly legend Rosie Flores, toured with Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard, and composed a 2016 short-length opera about Bill Clinton’s youth in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which earned her accolades from The New Yorker and Huffington Post.

Interviewed by Holly Hobbs, 09/16/2020.
Contributor
Holly Hobbs
Subjects
Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic
Location
Wimberley, Texas
Collection
Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unit
Society for Ethnomusicology

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