Electronic Press Kit
Bio
Signed to Desert Records, Betty Benedeadly serves up twang-edelic, foot-stompin, banjitar-driven arrangements that explore spaghetti westerns, experimental folk, indie bluegrass, surf & roots rock.
Benedeadly: IG | FB | Bandcamp | Spotify | YouTube
Betty is also the co-founder and guitarist of Sheverb, a womxn-led, collectively run, psychedelic rock & roll band based in Austin, TX.
New Sheverb album now availabile
"A smokin' meteor of a record"
Sheverb Discography
Videos
Banjitar Blossoms (animation) by Betty Benedeadly
Banjitar Blossoms LIVE at DadaLab by Betty Benedeadly
Premiered by It’s Psychedelic Baby, Magazine June 28, 2024
Screened at Ridgway Independent Film Festival November 14-17, 2024
Pamela Anderson was a Prophet by Sheverb
Premiered by Hyperreal Cinema Sept 2023
Screened at 2023 Sound Unseen Austin Film Fest
House Fire LIVE at the Ski Inn by Sheverb
Buried in the Sand by Sheverb
"These songs are the heartbeat of the desert. Causing aural hallucinations and sensory bliss. The spinning spur. The coyotes breath. And the desert dust blows out the speaker!!"
-Justinuff, Bandcamp
Residencies + Grants
Willow House Retreat (July 2024 - Terlingua, TX) Recently selected as a musician in residence for this summer’s session
Austin Live Music Fund Award recipient (2023) Production underway for next full-length album, live music video, and video art collaboration with Alex Aulson
Joshua Tree Retreat Center (May 2022 - Joshua Tree, CA) Resulted in At the Institute of Mentalphysics, a full-length album exploring psychedelic folk in connection to the land, released on Desert Records in Feb 2022
Revolt Gallery (October 2021 - Taos, NM) Resulted in the multimedia production, A Sacred Quest for Water: An Evening of Western Noir
Bombay Beach Arts & Culture Center (February 2020 - Bombay Beach, CA) Resulted in full-length Sheverb album, Once Upon a Time in Bombay Beach
In the Press
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"If you’re out there Tarantino, that song and this record is waiting for you to use it!"
-Women In Vinyl podcast (ep 20) premiere of Rite of the Dusty Trail
“These desert-invoking instrumentals conjure images of dusty horse trails and the open road. They embody the expansive sense of freedom that the American Southwest and road trip adventures inspire, particularly in a civilization emerging from a global pandemic.”
- Premiere of ‘The Voice Of The Fire' by The Sleeping Shaman
“If you like your country with a certain edge and darkness—the kind that creeps up from the shadows of the long desert night or is born from the loneliness of the Southwest—y’all oughta meet Austin, Texas troubadour Betty Benedeadly. She’s a one-woman twang machine with a penchant for rolling rhythms and foot-stompin’ beats. Think reverb a-plenty and a banjo pluck or two; a mournful pedal steel guitar somewhere in the background punctuating the stark beauty and sadness of our region.” - Kiss Me, Benedeadly
December 23, 2024 Women in Music with Gfire Podcast Episode #66 interview
September 2, 2024 Be Alive Podcast with Kate Manser interview
March 6, 2024 Kiss Me, Benedeadly by the SF Reporter
March 7 2023 Exclusive video premiere of ‘Sand In My Boot’ by It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Jan 13, 2023 Premiere of ‘Dust Storm Dance’ by The Sleeping Shaman
Feb 8, 2022 - Review of ‘The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter’ EP by The Sleeping Shaman
Feb 7, 2022 - Review of The Adventures of Mabel and Carter by Cave Dweller Music
Jan 28, 2022 - Premiere of ‘The Voice Of The Fire' by The Sleeping Shaman
Nov 19, 2021 - Music Video Premiere of Coyote’s Fever Dream by It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine
March 12, 2021 - Song of the Day + Review by KUTX
March 9, 2021 - Review of From the Mesa by The Sleeping Shaman
March 9, 2021 - Review of From the Mesa by Cave Dweller Music
Feb 23, 2021 - Interview + Premiere of Mescaline Prayer Song by The Sleeping Shaman
Jan 22, 2021 - The new solo-artist blending garage style spaghetti westerns and roots rock by Hear She Roars
"The sound of the desert, pulsing with outlaw cosmos and surfy grit."
-Bucky, Bandcamp
