Bonnie Bishop

'''Bonnie Elizabeth Bishop''' is a country rock singer-songwriter from Texas. thumb|344x344px|Bishop in 2016

== Education and early life == Bishop graduated with a sociology degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001.<ref name="Chronicle">Guerra, Joey (November 10, 2005). "Living on the edge of country: Bonnie Bishop gets down, dirty on 'Soft to the Touch'", ''Houston Chronicle''.</ref>

==Career== In 2012, Bishop's idol Bonnie Raitt recorded the song "Not Cause I Wanted To."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://americanamusicshow.com/bonnie-bishop/|title=Bonnie Bishop - Free - Interview and Music - Americana Music Show|date=2012-11-12|website=Americana Music Show Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref> which she wrote with NRBQ guitarist "Big Al" Anderson. The song was selected as a New York Times Best Song of 2012<ref name=":0" /> "Not Cause I Wanted To" and won a Grammy in 2013. Raitt later recorded Bishop's song "Undone."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref> Another song Bishop wrote entitled "The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts" appeared on the 2013 TV show ''Nashville''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-songs-come-from-broken-hearts-mw0002587883|title=AllMusic Review|last=|first=|date=|website=AllMusic|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/23/nashville-season-2-episode-5-dont-open-that-door-tv-recap/|title=Wall Street Journal - Speakeasy with Bonnie Bishop|last=|first=|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=24 October 2013|website=|publisher=|access-date= |last1=Fallik |first1=Dawn }}</ref>

After a decade of touring Bishop took a break and attended graduate school at Sewanee: The University of the South for creative writing. She was contacted by David Cobb and he produced her album "Ain’t Who I Was" which was released in 2016 .<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-bonnie-bishops-soul-drenched-aint-who-i-was-20160408|title=Hear Bonnie Bishop's Soul-Drenched 'Ain't Who I Was'|date=2016-04-08|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>

In an interview with Nicole Huckabee in May 2024, Bishop announced that she is releasing a new album. She also announced that she had finished writing a book about her stepfather, NCAA football coach Jackie Sherrill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huckabee |first=Nicole |date=May 8, 2024 |title="Introducing Bonnie Bishop: A Musical Journey of Soulful Sounds: Conversations with Nicole." |url=https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicole-huckabee2/episodes/Introducing-Bonnie-Bishop-A-Musical-Journey-of-Soulful-Sounds--Conversations-with-Nicole-e2i95fd/a-ab5jdce |access-date=May 11, 2024}}</ref>

==Albums== * Bonnie Bishop (2002) * Long Way Home (2004) * Soft to the Touch (2005) * Bonnie Bishop and Friends: Live at Magnolia Avenue (2006) * Things I Know (2009) * Free (2012) * Ain't Who I Was (2016) * House Sessions Vol. 1 (2019) * The Walk (2019) * American Dream (2024)[https://www.bonniebishop.com/music]

== References == {{Reflist|refs=}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huckabee |first=Nicole |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Introducing Bonnie Bishop: A Musical Journey of Soulful Sounds: Conversations with Nicole |url=https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicole-huckabee2/episodes/Introducing-Bonnie-Bishop-A-Musical-Journey-of-Soulful-Sounds--Conversations-with-Nicole-e2i95fd/a-ab5jdce |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=Conversations with Nicole}}</ref>

== External links == *[http://www.bonniebishop.com/ Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Bonnie}} Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:American women country singers Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas Category:21st-century American women