JAMIE BONK This music catches you from the first phrases of " Tofino" , dips you into a whirlpool of light guitar melodies and doesn't let you go until the last seconds of the concluding composition " Within" . Jamie Bonk's music is perfect for listening, and the lightness of the compositions is a creation of a classy guitarist. The musician's playing is faultless Jamie Bonk, it seems, without any effort at all expresses all the nuances of his emotions through his guitar. The dynamic " Pretty Girl" is followed by the romantically relaxed " These Hands" . Relaxation is characteristic of Jamie Bonk's music. There's no hysteria or tension, no theatrical dramatizations. The musician doesn't need to figure out anything he is natural and expresses his feelings absolutely freely. Listening to his music you can understand that there is no cause to be sad, that life is beautiful, and that no one can enter your innermost shrine uninvited. " A Perfect Tomorrow" is the second solo album of Jamie Bonk. Just after its release it was top of the radio charts. It followed a very successful debut project, which was named simply " Jamie Bonk" and was awarded New Age Voice (NAV) Magazine's Radio Album of the Year for 1999. Furthermore, " Jamie Bonk" broke a number of NAV's Airwaves Top 100 records that previously belonged to Loreena McKennitt's " Book of Secrets" , by staying 8 months in the top 10, 14 months in the top 20 and 18 (!) months in the top 100. The success of Jamie Bonk's music is not accidental. There are vivid rhythms in his melodies there is a lot of activity, a lot of action, which is pleasant. It is easier to breath and more comfortable to live with such music. Listening to " A Perfect Tomorrow" , you suddenly feel as on a early summer morning: you open your window, and the streams of fresh air fondle your face.
Serge Kozlovsky Translated by Andrej Karatkevich |
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