L.A. TIMES Improvisational Vocals and 'Hums' Headed for City Hall : Bonnie Barnett's style has been called avant garde and unorthodox. So what's she doing at Ventura's seat of government?

September 23, 1994 / Bonnie Barnett / Source

"When Bonnie Barnett opens her mouth to sing, as she will at the Ventura City Hall on Saturday night, you're never quite sure what's liable to come out.

She tends to push her voice into sonic corners most of us only dream of. She creates abstract tapestries of sound, deals in multi-phonic rumbles, squeals and makes other unusual noises that, for two decades, have linked her with both the avant garde and world music traditions. The Los Angeles-based vocalist is a brave, accomplished soul working in the unorthodox realm of "extended vocal" techniques..."

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