Category: Joy to the World

Joy to the World – Steve Sheppard Music Reviews

Joy to the World – Steve Sheppard Music Reviews

The music of Jamie Bonk has been in my life as a European radio host since 2012 and the album Necessity, but the artist has been plying his trade for far longer; however I get to review his first new Christmas music in a decade, since the release of The First Noël back in 2013, and it has to be said it is one of the most charming of arrangements of Joy To The World I think I have ever heard.

The whole piece is given a total make over, and beautiful over laid vocals can be heard drifting over the snow tipped mountains of a lush and textured orchestration. Jamie’s signature acoustic guitar of course is a huge part of the composition, and one must say that his performance on it is very uplifting.

This well-known Christmas piece is now a single, and as such its potential to go all the way is real and very tangible. The overall construction and quality of this piece is incredibly attractive and has a popular quality feel to it, one could imagine with ease Jamie playing it live over this festive period, and that experience ending with a rapturous applause, as there can be no doubt that Joy to the World by Jamie Bonk is the perfect of placements on any Christmas playlist this winter.

– Steve Sheppard, Steve Sheppard Music Reviews

Joy to the World (New Single Available Now)

It’s been ten years since I’ve released any Christmas music. Back in 2013, I did a single of “The First Noël“, which featured the fantastically talented Wendy Irvine on vocals. And now, a decade later, I’m happy to have just released my second Christmas single, “Joy to the World”. My arrangement of this classic tune is one the most complex of any song I’ve ever done — lots and lots of instrumental/orchestral and vocal layers intertwine with my nylon string guitar lead. I’m looking to do more productions with this sort of sound in the future — it really is fun getting to use such a huge sound palette. As always, thanks for listening and I hope you like the music!

You can check out the new single here: Joy to the World