I had already met many musicians in the local LA music scene. I was not very interested in school or continuing on to college out of high school. When did you feel that music was your vocation?Īs I recall around the age of 15 it became clear to me that music would be my destiny. She has been, kind enough to answer to my questions. Famous for her work with Linda Ronstadt, author of the hits « Someone To Lay Down Beside Me », « All My Life » and « Tell Me Why », Karla Bonoff is a major artist of the US folk/rock scene. Like her performances, the instrumentation is clean and spare, giving Karla's voice room to work it's emotional magic on the listener.Karla Bonoff: ‘My first album has a lot of sentimental value to me’ Many fans and critics prefer Bonoff's own renditions of her songs, and they won't be disappointed here. "KARLA BONOFF LIVE" is a superb two-CD set containing 21 songs, including some of Bonoff's most popular material ("All My Live," "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me," "Tell Me Why, " and "Lose Again") plus two brand-new compositions. In 2007, nearly 40 years into her writing, recording and performing, Karla at last produced a live album.
And hearing them live can be transformative. Karla's moving vocals on her rich, expressive songs is refreshing, exhilarating, restorative.
All the while, she has continued to tour extensively, playing sold-out shows around the world.
Many of Bonoff's ballads are now pop classics. In addition to achieving chart success with her own recordings, Karla has seen her songs become hits for such stellar artists as Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd and Linda Ronstadt. With a career spanning four decades, Bonoff has enjoyed critical acclaim, commercial success, enduring popularity and the unwavering respect of her peers. Billboard Magazine puts it best: "Long before Alanis and Jewel, there was a breed of singer/songwriters whose earthly anthems of soul-searching, heartache and joy touched souls in a way few can muster today." Karla Bonoff has been described as on of the finest singer/songwriters of her generation.
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