BONJAH

Late into the evening Bonjah finally enter the stage. With smoky, sultry vocals frontman Glenn Mossop has a unique sound that is bluesy and soulful all at once. Dressed in a funky hat and crisp white shirt his voice is reminiscent of New Orleans jazz and blues and is somewhat alluring. Playing songs from the new album Beautiful Wild, tracks Big City Lights, The Keeper and Brother flow easily and the small crowd is dancing to the flow. During Brother with mournful lyrics he laments "Will I learn it's not easy? " drawing powerful visual images and the song is melancholic and beautiful.
Surprisingly Lead Guitarist Regan Lethbridge takes the microphone to sing Fleetwood Mac classic Dreams, amazing the crowd with his crystal clear flawless rendition of the classic track. He makes it beautiful and draws listeners in with his melancholic version. It is a highly memorable moment that captures the audience's attention.
Towards the end of the evening Mossop takes a moment to introduce a track that the band covered on Triple J's Like a Version, a very different cover of Lorde's Royals. Mossop manages to make a very over played song not only palatable, but rather enjoyable. It's jazzy and bluesy in his delivery and very cleverly sung. He uses his smoky sultry voice to make it alluring and has the crowd moving and shaking.
Closing out the evening with the title track from the album Beautiful Love, Bonjah have returned to the Brisbane stage and even though the crowd was small, they were dancing and really enjoying every moment of the set. When a band manages to make every audience member dance in syncopative rhythm then it does not matter how small the crowd is, the show has been a success.