Topic: Reviews of Miles Bonny with Approach
- Jan 7, 2007 12:52am by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
REWIND Reviews of Miles Bonny with Approach and Buddy Guy
| MILES BONNY WITH APPROACH
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Dec. 30 at the Jackpot Music Hall |
LAWRENCE | Miles Bonny doesn’t look much like the typical DJ/rapper/producer/funk-soul brother. At first glance he looks like he just popped into his favorite bar after an all-day deer hunt or turkey shoot. (The camouflage ball cap has something to do with that). But when he gets on stage, Bonny shows who he really is and what his considerable gifts are: as a singer, an MC and a music alchemist; a guy who blends hip-hop, R&B, funk, smooth jazz and soul into original songs that sound both classic and contemporary.
Saturday night Bonny threw another party for “Smell Smoke?†the CD he just released, and he brought along some well-known and talented friends to help him celebrate: the rapper Approach and his sidekick, DJ Sku, who opened the show with brief but explosive set; and DJ Joc Max (who delivered a short tribute to James Brown) and MC/vocalist Smoov Confusion, who accompanied Bonny during his headlining set.
Bonny’s music is ideal for fans who want something substantive from their hip-hop — something like melody, groove, atmosphere and lyrics that show way more humor, sincerity, sarcasm and wit than stock bravado and lame charade. Much of his set included several of the best cuts from “Smoke,†including “Stampede†and the short but demonstrative “I Need a Drink,†in which he and his mates requested a little self-medication. No one up front redeemed their request, at least not right away — not because Bonny and friends didn’t deserve one, but because no one wanted to leave the scene and miss a word or a beat.
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