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Press
"...Her gorgeous alto voice is perfectly suited to her melodic, thoughtful songs..." - OVB Rosenheim, Germany
..."Bonnie J. Gordon performed with uninhibited passion, her voice sounding both full and lovely at the same time." - OVB, Bavaria, Germany
"Bonnie J. Gordon deserved the warm, sustained applause she received..." - OVB, Stephanskirchen, Germany
"When she raises her voice and lets her feelings loose, it's goose pimple time... Bonnie J. Gordon has soul, and she's also a damned fine figure of a woman..." - Saechsische Zeitung, Halle, Germany
..."Her voice has the highs and lows of the mountains. Her songs ask the deepest questions of life, and answer them as well...." - Ostsee Zeitung, Rostock, Germany
"...Bonnie J. Gordon embodies the poles of life - city skepticism and the heart of a country girl...." - Ozelot, Rostock, Germany
"...Her songs are in the tradition of Rickie Lee Jones and Tori Amos, fragile, lyrical ballads... Musically she dips deep from the wells of rock, folk, jazz and classical music..." - Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, Germany
Discography
Lovers & Friends (1993)
BJ Gordon (1996)
The Unchained Continent of Water (1998)
Songs for the Love of Music (2001)
Spiral (unreleased)
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Bio
Bonnie started studying music at age four and wrote her first songs when she was 10 years old. She went to New York's High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard School for acting, and got a Master's degree in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop before finally setting her sights on a music career when she moved to Berlin in 1992. After touring extensively for several years, she went on a Merkabah meditation weekend in Germany and began a spiritual journey that utterly changed her songwriting. In 2003 she went to Los Angeles to record an album with world-class musicians, including Jim Cox (Ringo Starr, Mark Knopfler), Greg Liesz (Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow) and Dan Higgins (Vonda Shepard), among others. But before she could finish the recording, a long-hoped-for dream came true: Bonnie became a mother. After a few years' break to bring up her daughter, Bonnie completed the LA album - now titled "Spiral" - in Munich. In 2009 Bonnie moved back to the U.S. after 17 years abroad. She lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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