Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:55:05 +0200 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/ https://img.hearthis.at/k/o/o/_/uploads/4761588/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_d0ce02ce0cba4c323ff664b320fa0d32portrait-by-alastair-cook.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/morris-bonta-doxent-pizarnik-2/ 1019325 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 02:26:07 +0200 2016-09-05T02:26:07+02:00 3:02 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/song-for-turning-by-luisa-a-igloria/ https://vimeo.com/150411351
The music is "London in Winter" by The Passion HiFi:
https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/london-in-winter-hip-hop-beat

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The music is "London in Winter" by The Passion HiFi:
https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/london-in-winter-hip-hop-beat

]]> 1019303 no no Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:59:57 +0100 2016-01-03T10:59:57+01:00 1:47 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/white-birches-a-poem-by-jennifer-martelli/ The poem comes from The Poetry Storehouse, where it may be read: http://poetrystorehouse.com/2014/09/06/jennifer-martelli-poems/#white
The reading is my own. The music is by ccMixter user Pitx:
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/24309
Both music and poem are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial.
]]> The poem comes from The Poetry Storehouse, where it may be read: http://poetrystorehouse.com/2014/09/06/jennifer-martelli-poems/#white
The reading is my own. The music is by ccMixter user Pitx:
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/24309
Both music and poem are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial.
]]> 1019304 no no Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:39:34 +0200 2014-09-12T06:39:34+02:00 1:36 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/the-fifth-string-take-2/ The videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/]]> The videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/]]> 1019305 no no Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:06:44 +0100 2013-11-12T21:06:44+01:00 1:49 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/banjo-proverbs-take-2/
I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141]]>
I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141]]> 1019306 no no Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:10:15 +0100 2013-11-12T19:10:15+01:00 2:04 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/medicine-show/ The solo banjo is by Tim Hosgood, TDHP: "Down to the Valley to Pray": https://soundcloud.com/timhosgood/down-to-the-valley-to-pray
The heartbeat audio is from freesound.org user GrimmjowJ, http://www.freesound.org/people/GrimmjowJ/
Text of the poem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/12/medicine-show/]]> The solo banjo is by Tim Hosgood, TDHP: "Down to the Valley to Pray": https://soundcloud.com/timhosgood/down-to-the-valley-to-pray
The heartbeat audio is from freesound.org user GrimmjowJ, http://www.freesound.org/people/GrimmjowJ/
Text of the poem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/12/medicine-show/]]> 1019307 no no Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:43:36 +0100 2013-11-02T18:43:36+01:00 2:15 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/how-jefferson-heard-banjar/ The banjo player here my brother, Steve Bonta (a modal tune whose name neither of us can recall). Additional sounds are from freesound.org user Meffy Ellis, a recording of a swamp in Virginia, licensed attribution-only under the Creative Commons.]]> The banjo player here my brother, Steve Bonta (a modal tune whose name neither of us can recall). Additional sounds are from freesound.org user Meffy Ellis, a recording of a swamp in Virginia, licensed attribution-only under the Creative Commons.]]> 1019309 no no Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:47:26 +0200 2013-10-14T15:47:26+02:00 1:54 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/the-captains-reverses-after-pablo-neruda/
The accompanying music is http://soundcloud.com/hanimaltos/ocean licensed Attribution under the Creative Commons. Thanks to Mr. Maltos for making it available, and to SoundCloud for having such an awesome community (and search function).]]>
The accompanying music is http://soundcloud.com/hanimaltos/ocean licensed Attribution under the Creative Commons. Thanks to Mr. Maltos for making it available, and to SoundCloud for having such an awesome community (and search function).]]> 1019314 no no Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:02:08 +0100 2012-02-27T17:02:08+01:00 1:16 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/shackletons-banjo/ The music is a blend of "Arctic core samples" by admiral bellybutton (Creative Commons Attribution license): https://soundcloud.com/admiralbellybutton/arctic-core-samples and a digitally altered version of my brother Steve Bonta playing "Shady Grove" on clawhammer banjo.
I recorded my reading with a Zoom H2 digital recorder and mixed in Audacity.]]> The music is a blend of "Arctic core samples" by admiral bellybutton (Creative Commons Attribution license): https://soundcloud.com/admiralbellybutton/arctic-core-samples and a digitally altered version of my brother Steve Bonta playing "Shady Grove" on clawhammer banjo.
I recorded my reading with a Zoom H2 digital recorder and mixed in Audacity.]]> 1019317 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:53:57 +0200 2016-09-05T01:53:57+02:00 2:39 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/banjo-vs-guitar/
This is also the soundtrack for a video http://youtu.be/ZXPpOtSA7AA , one of a series of videopoems I'm doing in support of my collection of poems about the banjo. See http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/]]>
This is also the soundtrack for a video http://youtu.be/ZXPpOtSA7AA , one of a series of videopoems I'm doing in support of my collection of poems about the banjo. See http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/]]> 1019318 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:55:56 +0200 2016-09-05T01:55:56+02:00 1:37 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/luck/ http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/

This is also now the soundtrack for a video tribute to women banjo players: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/10/luck-videopoem/]]> http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/

This is also now the soundtrack for a video tribute to women banjo players: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/10/luck-videopoem/]]> 1019319 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:57:03 +0200 2016-09-05T01:57:03+02:00 1:26 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/the-fifth-string/ This became the soundtrack for a videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/
(Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )]]> This became the soundtrack for a videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/
(Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )]]> 1019320 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:57:53 +0200 2016-09-05T01:57:53+02:00 1:49 https://hearthis.at/dave-bonta-nv/banjo-proverbs/
I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141

The text appears in my chapbook Breakdown: Banjo Poems from Seven Kitchens Press. (Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )]]>
I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141

The text appears in my chapbook Breakdown: Banjo Poems from Seven Kitchens Press. (Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )]]> 1019321 no no Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:58:39 +0200 2016-09-05T01:58:39+02:00 2:04