Jeff Bonilla

Award winning bilingual singer/songwriter Jeff Bonilla believes that as an artist you can transcend genres and touch an audience as long as "what you sing and write about are accessible to the heart." Although he performs his own songs he also enjoys interpreting other artists songs and connecting with the one emotion that is at the center of each song.

Bonillas ability to make other artists songs his own is enhanced because of his versatile voice which can be passionate and sexy on the ballads yet energetic on the uptempo songs.

Whether he is singing a tender love song like "The First Time" or the latin flavored "Caramba Muchacha", Jeff Bonilla is at home singing in a smoky Fort Worth Texas bar to a handful of locals, just as he is singing to an audience of two thousand people on a luxury cruise ship.

"Ive traveled around quite a bit and performed in front of various audiences singing everything from folk and country to pop and Spanish ballads. The one thing Ive learned is that when I write a song, whether its folk, country, or pop based or even a political song like The Wind Rushes In, if it touches me, then chances are its going to touch some segment of the audience. As a writer, you usually write about significant experiences in your life or things that are going on around you. As people we all fundamentally share these experiences and emotions in one way or another so when I sing a song like Cedar Chest you can bet that someone is going to relate to the emotion the song evokes if not the story line. I am at the point where I can center myself within the emotion of the song and really feel it. I think that comes across to the audience. They know when you are faking it and they know when you are feeling it because they feel it too."

Bonilla has hosted his own local cable show "Center Stage" where he has invited other musicians and artists to share their talent and perform.

Listen.com review "Bonilla plays Cumbia-influenced Adult Alternative rock with lyrics in Spanish, and foot-stompin' barroom Country-Rock (in English). His songs mostly deal with romance and its many pitfalls. Latin percussion, Fusion keyboard sounds, and rock 'n' roll guitars embellish Bonilla's lush, spacious sound".