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Bonnie's Legends
by Bonnie Orbison
Welcome to Bonnie's Legends! Host Bonnie Orbison chats with her legends; a variation of musicians, independent artists, writers about their careers, their art and their journeys of how they became the legends they are today. Bonnie provides her guests the space and freedom to chat about everything they want to discuss and hopes the conversation feels like a meetup with a friend. Her goal is to support and meet her legends. Grab a cup of tea and press play to dive into the world of legendary artists!produced by https://thecrylounge.com www.bonnieslegends.com
Episodes
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Who is your legend? Interlude to Bonnie’s Legends
The first time I ever thought of myself as a music writer or journalist was the afternoon I found out about David Bowie’s death. Seflishly, at the age I was in back then, I remember having the thought “Oh no, I didn’t even get to talk to him.” which persisted to haunt me following the years.…
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Telyscopes - An Egg Moon in April, David Lynch and processing feeling through music
Telyscopes is one of those bands you can’t believe aren’t well-known out there playing shows around the globe. This February, I had the honor and pleasure to discuss the new album “An Egg Moon in April” with Jack, the creative behind the band, as well as David Lynch & Tim Buckley, and processing...
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Colin Blunstone - Songwriting is a crossword puzzle for the soul.
This episode’s legend is Colin Blunstone! In a lovely afternoon conversation with Bonnie, Colin shares The Zombies’ stories, they discuss his upcoming tour through Germany & The Netherlands as well as live music and performances in general. Colin also gives us an insight into his songwriting...
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Velvet Bloom - their debut album, Australia tour & connecting to music on a soul level
Velvet Bloom just released their self-titled debut album. Three years in the making, the record has finally reached the listener. Maddy, front singer and co-producer, talks about their upcoming Australia tour, connecting to music on a soul level and the recording process of the album. You can get…
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Sarah Gross - The Library, making music with friends & the Internet being as a gateway for creatives (sometimes)
Sarah Gross returns with her EP “The Library” (out now!) Talking about the recording process, how the concept of the library comes from her grandmother and how all the books inside are family memories and stories and how the Internet can serve as a gateway for creatives sometimes (i am sparing…
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Pebbledash - Four Portraits of the Same Ugly House
Recorded back in November, Pebbledash’s debut EP “Four Portraits of the Same Ugly House” is out now! With Fionnbharr from the band, I talked about touring, he walked through the entire EP and its songwriting process, as well as their influences and we discussed the comeback of songs over three...
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Two-Headed Calf - Wasteland, literature-inspired songwriting and female-fronted bands
Two-Headed Calf’s single Wasteland, released on March 22 this year, accompanied me on a wonderful drive around its release time. An ambient synths-rock song perfect for your nightly journaling session. This April, Sarah and Katie, Two-Headed Calf, got together with me to discuss how the song came...
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#409: Natalie Bycraft - Daughter Nature, self-publishing & being multipassionite
About a year ago, we met up and discussed Natalie’s debut novel ‘Daughter Nature’, self-publishing and being part of the indie author landscape in today’s world. Natalie is also a business owner, Multipassionite, and graphic designer. If you want to get to know a few little tricks on how to…
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Caroline Kingsbury - I Really Don't Care!, grief in songwriting and Heaven's Just A Flight
Caroline Kingsbury and I go far back, almost three years ago now we started to follow each other’s careers and I can’t express in words how much I gasped waking up one random morning earlier this year, finding out her banger of a song Kissing Someone Else got a lot of attention overnight.…
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#408: Eliza Kent - You Were the Graveyard, writing not being for mass consumption & obsessed characters
In the Summer of 2023, my friend Eliza Kent & I sat down to record this podcast episode on each other’s writing projects at the time. We’ve met around four years ago through Instagram’s wide writing community, read through each other’s novels to sending each other a poem here and there. With...
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Ryder The Eagle - 'Autotango', making albums as an independent artist, & introspective songwriting
This March, a week before the first single off his new album “Autotango” was released, I interviewed Ryder The Eagle for this podcast. After seeing him live opening for Oracle Sisters more than a year ago in London, I went up to him immediately, got the vinyl & asked him to be a guest in my...
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O!PNM #22: Carol Ades - the new musical era, 'Better Than You Found Me' & navigating social media as an artist
The evening before her single release “Better Than You Found Me”, Carol Ades and Bonnie met on Zencastr to discuss all about her new musical era, how freeing it feels to experiment with new elements and genres + what’s it like to be an artist on social media. Bonnie mentions her Notting…
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#407: Jocelyn Nielson - building a consistent writing routine, Disney movies & the art of storytelling
Last November, Bonnie sat down with Jocelyn Nielson to discuss all things storytelling, Disney and building a consistent writing routine. Including her journey with Disney (including taking college courses & growing up around Disney movies) and how a good system is a must for keeping up with…
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[21/2024] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the episodes and work she has prepared for your ears and eyes this coming week and as always the new week in front of us and how much good music is being released lately! This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Tuesday, May 21: Evil Adjacent by Cosmorat (album...
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[Preview] #407: Jocelyn Nielson - favorite storytelling tropes, Top Gun vs. Maverick & mystery narrators
Last November, Bonnie sat down with Jocelyn Nielson to discuss all things storytelling, Disney and building a consistent writing routine. That conversation is coming out next week (April 3rd) so subscribe to get notified. In this week’s preview, you can tune in to our side-segment where we…
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O!PNM #21: Kilgour
Fionn and Bonnie sat down last Sunday and discussed all things Kilgour, his band located in Glasgow, and their debut album How To Put Your Hat On. The album is out now and vinyls can be ordered on here. Instagram: @kilgourtheband Enjoyed listening to this episode? You know what you do ... (make...
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[10/2024] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the episodes and work she has prepared for your ears and eyes this coming week and as always the new week in front of us and how much good music is being released lately! This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Tuesday, March 5: Heaven’s Just a Flight by…
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O!PNM #20: googly eyes
googly eyes aka Deza’s music playground to experiment with her song ideas and demos released a new EP 22-25 today exactly one month ago. Shortly after its release we sat together and discussed her favorite child of the EP, how the transformation of googly eyes happened and what some of the lyrics...
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#406: Ela from Rain or Shine
Ela from Rain or Shine sat down with me last Summer and talks us through system design thinking, we discuss all around change and how to surrender to it, how collaboration and community can be a helpful resource as a solo entrepreneur + of course, how to make life a little easier for us. 🧡 ✨ Ela...
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[9/2024] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the episodes and work she has prepared for your ears and eyes this coming week and as always the new week in front of us and how much good music is being released lately! This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Wednesday, February 28: #406 - Ela Miranda (podcast...
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O!PNM #19: BEL - Cold Brew
BEL and Bonnie sat together on Cold Brew’s release date last Summer and discussed the inspiration behind the song, the songwriting and producing that went into it, and more. She also talks on what goes into releasing a song in today’s music industry. Instagram: @belmakesmusic TikTok:...
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#405: Daniela Barrios, founder of the Conscious Productivity Collective
Dani, founder of The Conscious Productivity Collective sat down with me and talks us through what her collective is and aspires to become in the near future, how to “sample test”/experiment with different work schedules and routines for one’s creativity and she also dives into the five pillars of...
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[6/2024] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the new week in front of us and how much good music is being released lately! This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Monday, February 5: Oh! Pretty New Music - Week 6 (playlist & blog post → subscribe here to receive it in your inbox) * Tuesday, February 6:...
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#404: Tatjana Stucki
Autorin, Gründerin ihrer Marketing Agentur Stucki Marketing Vintage-Fashion Bloggerin Tatjana Stucki ist wieder zurück als meine Legende diese Woche! Das erste Mal war im Sommer 2020 → hier könnt ihr reinhören :) In dieser Folge reden wir übers Schreiben, wie viel Arbeit und Zeit für einen Roman...
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[46/2023] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the new week in front of us and we’re also looking for two artists to interview until the end of the year about their new music releases, so if that’s you or your friend, feel free to share this reel with them (or yourself) & we’ll talk soon! This week at...
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O!PNM #18: Dafna - What's More Romantic?
Dafna has been an early feature back when Oh! Pretty New Music was a fresh idea out of my mind and we had talked about her song “We Jumped The Gun” (read here). This year in June we came together to discuss one of her latest singles “What’s More Romantic?” and how her process of deciding what…
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#403: Alicia from Stop Thinking Start Doing
This episode was held in March 2022. Alicia from Stop Thinking Start Doing joined me as my legend on the podcast at a time we both saw a big life change happening in reach of our hands and we were excited and fascinated by it. Listen in as Alicia talks about her journey of Stop Thinking Start...
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[45/2023] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the new week in front of us and takes you with behind-the-scenes of Bonnie’s Legends. Maybe she also teases an opportunity that will be out early next year … This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Monday, November 6: Oh! Pretty New Music - Week 44 (playlist &...
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O!PNM #16: Issy Allen of Barerra
What a joy to have Issy Allen back on the podcast! This episode was recorded in March 2023 and we talked mainly about “Secretly Plays”, Barerra’s single release from February, what it was inspired by, the making process and some fun anecdotes. Give it a listen and follow the band & Issy on social...
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#402: Liv DeToma
(2/2) This is part 2 of my conversation with Liv DeToma and was recorded December 2022. We discuss today’s definition of “indie music”, how she feels being an independent musician nowadays in the age of social media and single releases. We go on tangents talking about why changing one’s name…
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[44/2023] This Week at Bonnie's Legends
Today’s episode, Bonnie talks you through the new era of Bonnie’s Legends - it’s new weekly schedule, sections and the new website + we’re announcing our very first sponsor: Zencastr! This week at Bonnie’s Legends: * Monday, October 30: Oh! Pretty New Music - Week 43 (playlist & blog post) *...
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cut it out by Frances Mistry ~ Oh! Pretty New Music #17
This conversation was held in late May 2022. Frances Mistry is an indie artist, based in Brighton, which TikToks you may have seen on your fyp & been like “This is a vibe!”. This episode is exactly right for you to dive into her creative journey so far, getting to know some of her writing…
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May 29 - June 4, 2023 ⭐️ Oh! Pretty New Music
Howdy & ⭐️ welcome to the new feature of “Bonnie’s Legends”: a weekly playlist & article (now podcast episode! yay!) highlighting the best new music that saw the light of the day the previous seven days. Today’s article & playlist showcases music that got released from May 29 - June 4, 2023. My...
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push by Liv DeToma ~ Oh! Pretty New Music #15
(1/2) This conversation was held in February 2022. Olivia DeToma is an indie artist everyone should listen to and press play on their mental health walk. I personally listen to her and sometimes can’t believe that I am presumably the only one in my friends’ circle who knows her. Anyway, if you’re...
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La Rosa de Guadalupe by Ginger Rodriguez - Oh! Pretty New Music #14 (part 2)
Ginger Rodriguez is a name in the Austin indie music scene and a singer-songwriter & producer the whole world should know at some point in the future. After witnessing her musical journey for some years already, I invited her onto the podcast to talk about her single “La Rose de Guadalupe”. This…
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La Rosa de Guadalupe by Ginger Rodriguez ~ Oh, Pretty New Music! #14 (part 1)
Ginger Rodriguez is a name in the Austin indie music scene and a singer-songwriter & producer the whole world should know at some point in the future. After witnessing her musical journey for some years already, I invited her onto the podcast to talk about her single “La Rose de Guadalupe”. This…
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Run Away by Seven Seers ~ Oh! Pretty New Music #13
Oh! Pretty New Music is the music section of the podcast "Bonnie’s Legends” where host Bonnie interviews artists about their new singles. This week, it’s the talented Seven Seers and his single “Run Away”. Talking about his inspirations, how the more personal one song is, the more beautiful one...
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Jonestown by Emily Yoke & Elizabeth Gerardi ~ Oh! Pretty New Music #12
Oh! Pretty New Music is the music section of the podcast "Bonnie's Legends" where host Bonnie interviews artists about their new singles. It used to be a blog so far until today with this first podcast edition of last summer's conversation with Emily Yoke & Elizabeth Gerardi about their duet song...
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#401: Isabella Ardell
Isabella Ardell is a kind and lovely legend I think everyone should invite to join their podcast for an episode. She is a magazine owner, jewelry maker and started sewing at the age of 7 (!!) In this episode, we deep dived talking about her creative path, what's her favourite part about being an...
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Raissa
Raissa is a very talented, legendary, super kind human being, singer, songwriter, musician, artist and I had the honor of interviewing her one month back. I absolutely adored talking to her about her musical career, her influences, her latest EP "HEROGIRL" and what to come in 2021. It was a...
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Seven Seers
Seven Seers is a musician I literally discovered through an IG advertisement (now someone should say again that they don't work!!). He promoted at that time his latest single "Girl In Black" and I was obsessed with it as I am a huge synth and 80s fan. Because of that, it was a must to listen to…
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Issy Allen
Issy Allen was already once in my podcast together with her band Barerra, but this time she sat down alone with me talking about her room, her passion for old music and how she is so excited about giving the old music a tribute with the music she is doing with Barerra. We talk about colleges,...
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Richie O'Brien
Richie O'Brien is a self-published author whose book "When The Stars Burn Out" got released past Friday. Together with him, Mel Ingrid and Eliza Kent, I do writing sprints together and couldn't image better writing buddies. I believe Richie has a wonderful path right in front of him and I can't...
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Georgina Johnson
Georgina Johnson is an aspiring actress and TikTok creator. She's been known for her videos such as about fashion, fictional interviews on shows like Jimmy Fallon, etc, and acting. She's an absolute legend for what she's doing and having the courage to chase her dreams to let them come true. We...
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Emma Alves
Emma Alves is an independent artist whom singles "Archenemy" and "Lilac" are wonderful tracks to vibe to. She writes, performed, mixes and produces all her songs on her own and is definitely a legend you have to take a look at her. We talked about her musical career and how it is in the music...
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Monisha M.
Monisha M. is my first guest of Season 3 of my podcast "Bonnie's Legends"! She is an aspiring writer and I met her back when she interviewed me about my identity as an author. Since then we became friends and did this episode! There is something that fascinates me about her that makes her a real...
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Luna Stamatis
Luna and I sat down last August to talk about her favourite TV show "Friends" since Luna already watches "Friends" for a long time now and can consider herself a huge fan of the show. I was more the one who had never watched an episode of Friends and had to be convinced. Listen to the full…
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Mel Ingrid
Mel Ingrid is an independent author like me and we have so many similarities we talked about in this episode. I follow her since quite a year now and I am so proud of her journey and I am so impressed by what for a passionate writer she is and I am so excited for everything she will give us to...
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The Glass Child
The Glass Child is a writer I admire for four years now and I got the honor interviewing her back In August 2020. She is different than other writers and she's a legend you don't discover every year. If you are ready to listen to two authors talking about anything writing related, then I wish you…
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Josephine de La Baume
Josephine de La Baume is a super legend and a daily inspiration for me. She's the lead singer of Film Noir, an actress and a model. We talked for a hour about acting, modeling, hair cuts, the story about her band, her favourite places in the world and much more!! Watch visuals from this episode…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Bonnie's Legends! Host Bonnie Orbison chats with her legends; a variation of musicians, independent artists, writers about their careers, their art and their journeys of how they became the legends they are today. Bonnie provides her guests the space and freedom to chat about everything they want to discuss and hopes the conversation feels like a meetup with a friend. Her goal is to support and meet her legends. Grab a cup of tea and press play to dive into the world of legendary artists!produced by https://thecrylounge.com
www.bonnieslegends.com
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Bonnie Orbison
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