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Bonnie Meadow : In the Middle of Life
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Jazz and Blues permeate the original songs of Bonnie Meadow, while her roots - folk, show tunes and standards - are showing.
Genre: Folk: Folk Blues
Release Date: 2005
In the Middle of Life
Bonnie Meadow
Record Label: Bonnie Meadow
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1. Walking Along This Road 4:00 + MP3 $0.99
2. Temptation 3:49 + MP3 $0.99
3. Just Like Me 2:08 + MP3 $0.99
4. I Gotta Go 4:02 + MP3 $0.99
5. Pin-up Girls 2:30 + MP3 $0.99
6. Human Condition 3:40 + MP3 $0.99
7. Falling Down 3:23 + MP3 $0.99
8. The People 5:34 + MP3 $0.99
9. Hot Flash 2:54 + MP3 $0.99
10. Slow Exit 4:37 + MP3 $0.99
11. Earthspeak 3:12 + MP3 $0.99
12. Earth Mother Blues 4:14 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Bonnie’s mother wrote in her Baby Book that she was singing and dancing when she was eleven months old. They still can’t get her to stop.

Classically trained from a young age, Bonnie began her career as a classical guitarist and singer, and went on to play lute, recorder, piano and a handful of other instruments. The classical training was solid, but listening to the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen and Jerome Kern; going to see the hottest Broadway shows during the classic era of Broadway; immersion in ‘60s folk music and the life-altering rock music of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s all combined to emerge in a style that fuses these influences and yet is like none of them in particular.

Her lyrics are crafted with passion, humor and creativity. Her melodies will stay with you. (Management is not responsible for tunes that stick in your head).

Her songs tell her story, but though they are deeply personal their universality rings out. “Not a centerfold, but a woman you can hold” says her song “Just Like Me.” Her wry sense of humor comes through here and in her tongue-in-cheek “Pin-up Girls,” the daring “Hot Flash” and the lamenting “Human Condition.” She sings her heart out in “Falling Down,” the tale of a son whose life had “gotten ugly, it’s a tangle of sin” and in “Slow Exit” a song about her aging and diminishing mother, not the woman she remembers.

She hasn’t forgotten the convictions that shaped her in the ‘60s on marches against the war and for civil rights. She cries out in “The People” to remind the world that “... it’s not about the politics, the parties on the left or the right... it’s about the People.” She takes on the role of Earth Mother and laments the abuse heaped upon her by humans in “Earth Mother Blues” and an unusual, ethereal music-picture, “Earthspeak.”

Bonnie Meadow might just be the answer to the old saying: “They ain’t writing them like they used to.”

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REVIEWS

Finally music worth hearing about women who've lived awhile!
author: Miranda Heathers
                            
This cd is a wonderfully satisfying and varied collection of songs about real women who are living real lives. Bonnie Meadow's songs don't pull any punches, exploring deep sorrow and longing as well as humor that manages to be both witty and compassionate. These songs are remarkably free of bitterness, self pity or blame. They leave me with a fresh and feisty glow every time I hear them. Highly recommended!!!

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Everyone should hear this CD
author: Nadine Raspil
                            
In the Middle of Life, by Bonnie Meadow reflects life in a way that millions of people could relate to.  Especially for the neglected market of Baby Boomers, who've been through the same kind of emotional trials that Meadow sings about.  The lyrics are brilliant and fit perfectly with the music.  The melodies are beautiful and memorable.  The arrangements and production of the album are excellent.  Her voice is clear, strong, beautiful and has the flexibility to work with the variety of jazz, blues, show music, and ballads of the songs.The humorous songs, like Pin Up Girls, Hot Flash and Just Like Me, can really make you laugh, while the others, can really stir the emotions of personal experience and of concern for the world.  

It's difficult to compare this artist to others, because the songs and the voice are unique, but the quality of the writing reminds me of Carol King and Carlie Simon.  The quality of the voice reminds me of Karen Carpenter and Linda Rondstadt, and Whitney Houston, in some of Houston's work, such as All the Man I Need. In general, this artist is reminicent of Sade, Diana Krall and Barbra Streisand.

Everyone should hear this CD.  Anyone who went through the 60's and 70's will immeadiately identify with the lyrics and love the sound, but I think that young people will be pulled in by the intensity of this music, too.

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Fresh, yes!!  With a lot of depth and insight into life's lessons on this journey.  I rarely pay much attention to lyrics but these really caught my attention.  Plus, I felt really treated by the musicianship and composing. Music that was exceptionally enjoyable!

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