03/27/2019
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Bonnie Bishop and Soraia open up The Listening Room Whitesburg at Streetside on April 6th. Doors open at 7pm with music starting at 8pm.
Whitesburg, Kentucky has had some amazing musical moments over the years and this is the next phase as The Listening Room opens it’s Doors to these amazing bands.
Bishop After arriving in Nashville, began writing and performing. She eventually received awards and recognition for her songwriting. In 2012, Bishop's idol Bonnie Raitt recorded her song "Not Cause I Wanted To."Bishop co-wrote this single with NRBQ guitarist "Big Al" Anderson and it was selected as a New York Times Best Song of 2012.”Not Cause I Wanted To" won Bishop her first Grammy in 2013 when Raitt's Slipstream won Best Americana Album that year. Raitt has even covered Bishop's own "Undone", saying in an interview with Billboard Magazine, "I love her work. Isn't she incredible?"
Another song Bishop wrote entitled "The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts" made its television debut in 2013 on ABC's hit show Nashville. One of the show’s stars Rayna James (Connie Britton) performed the song at her comeback show on the legendary stage at the Grand Ole Opry.
After a long career of touring and performing bar gigs, Bishop took a break. She went to graduate school at Sewanee – University of the South for creative writing as a way to refresh herself after many years on the road. While studying at Sewanee, award-winning producer David Cobb (Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson) called her after hearing some demos. Convinced Bishop should be singing soul music, Cobb asked Bishop for her original songs. From this list, Bishop’s newest record "Ain’t Who I Was" was born.
Soraia from Philadelphia and a Wicked Cool Label Mate and Rolling Stone Magazine editir David Fricke hails as "Searing Guitars and a Soulful Voice that emerges CBGB Grit"
Tracing threads beginning with the ’60s soul of Stax and Motown, borrowing
flickers of luminescence from rock icons such as Patti Smith and Joan Jett as
well as Iggy Pop and The Cramps, through kindred spirits of the ’90s and
beyond like PJ Harvey and The Kills, the primal sounds of this Philadelphia-
based four-piece provide a formidable match for a set of mostly autobiographical
songs that lead listeners through the depths of desperate situations and guide
them out the other side to redemption.
“Music had already saved me from several su***de attempts by the time I was 15,
when the lyrics to songs spoke to me and revealed I wasn’t alone in my
suffering,” ZouZou reveals. “I knew by that age I was going to do music for a
living.
“I lived a long time feeling a victim of things: life, people, situations. Powerless. I
finally realized I needed connection. That’s where empowerment comes in. My
story is about bringing myself back to who I was always meant to be, which
required commitment and action. It took action to change my life. And when I
committed to and believed in that action, I asked for help where I needed it and
continue to check myself and stay humble.”
After escaping some harrowing situations and getting sober, the pursuit of
ZouZou’s musical dreams began crystallizing in the band Soraia.
