Deanna Bogart's recording career has come full circle. Blind Pig Records was privileged to release her debut recording "Out To Get You" in 1990 and we are delighted that she chose the label for her latest effort "Real Time". Deanna states "I've known the folks at Blind Pig since the beginning of my solo career and when they called and asked if I'd like to record for them again, I was very happy. Over the years we've maintained a relationship of mutual respect, honesty and professionalism and I knew they would stand behind me creatively, which they have. I am genuinely excited about this record."

Since her debut recording Deanna has gone on to release five stellar recordings that all received critical acclaim, "Crossing Borders" in 1992, "New Address" in 1997, "Great Unknown" in 1998, "Live" in 2001 and "Timing Is Everything" in 2003.

Down Beat magazine describes Deanna Bogart as "an extravagant entertainer", and entertain is what Bogart does best. The Maryland-based blues and boogie pianist / saxophonist combines the energy of boogie woogie with contemporary blues, jazz, R&B and country. "The goal when we play live," says Bogart, "is to create a fusion of all these different musical styles with the blues and boogie genuinely at the core."

Bogart began to develop her unique style as a side player in Cowboy Jazz, a Maryland-based group that dedicated itself to the sound of 1940's western swing music. She joined the group at age 21 as vocalist and spent several years learning and playing the cowboy rhythms that are central to western swing. As her musical appetite grew she spent nearly two years playing R&B with the Washington D.C.-based Root Boy Slim. After getting her own band off the ground in 1988, she began playing throughout the mid-Atlantic region and the West Coast, slowly building a following and a reputation.

Since those early days her voice has developed an increasingly emotional force, and her songwriting has expanded into a growing breadth of complexity and lyrical subtlety. A woman who has managed to balance single motherhood with the vicissitudes of life leading a successful band for 15 years on the road has now begun to create music that reflects a similar synthesis of the traditional and the non-traditional. Bogart is philosophical about striking out in new directions. "Nothing hurts creativity like safety" is her credo, "in art as in life, you can't have magic if you're not willing to risk the train wrecks." Addressing an increasingly broad range of personal subjects and life experiences, Bogart has become much more than a splashy unforgettable performer-she has established herself as a unique artistic spirit.

Despite the power of her recordings, Bogart still loves performing live with her band. "Musicians play for 'one of those nights'. For me, that means the moment I'm at the place where all past and present, pain and joy, meet as one. For lack of a better term, I call it 'Deannaland'." And it's a place that both audiences and other artists never tire of visiting along with her. Bogart has appeared on stage with the likes of BB King, Brian Setzer, Buddy Guy, James Brown, Doctor John, They Might Be Giants, Spyro Gyra, Ray Charles, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, the Neville Brothers and many more. She is the recipient of no less than 20 Washington Area Music Awards-the "Wammies".

The press is equally effusive. Blues Revue states that "A big part of what makes Deanna Bogart such a delight is her vivacious, charismatic live show. Whether displaying dazzling technical skills at the keyboard or playing soulful tenor sax, the ensemble sound of Bogart and her band is skintight." The Washington Post raved about "her two-fisted turns on piano that radiate plenty of energy and momentum!" Music Monthly delights in Bogart's ability "to blend savvy street smarts with an earthy sensuality that is spontaneous from the very minute her music jumps from the speakers." The Baltimore Sun celebrates how Bogart "plays the keyboard and sings like nothing you've ever heard-but should! Her vocal style is as full of vitality as her piano playing-both are sexy and deep, with unstoppable strength and unflagging energy!"

Bogart herself explains that, "It became clear to me a long time ago that my goal was to be the best player I could be, and that on my death bed at 107, with people I love gathered around me, my last words would be 'Man, what a good gig last night!"

The Washington Post may have best described Deanna Bogart with three words: Luster, Sophistication, and Soul. This is a one-of-a-kind artist, whose music veers from the depths of the blues to the playful heights of swing, from the subtleties of jazz to the hard-won grit of soul. She brings to her music everything it means to be a woman-everything it means to be human-and delivers it to every line of music played, every phrase of lyrics written and sung, until the pure truth of her sound and message pierces the heart of her audience. Once you hear her-once you feel her-you will never be quite the same.