{"id":4571,"date":"2022-04-28T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2022-04-28T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:03:11","slug":"single-review-emotions-amo-jr-words-sammy-stein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/28\/single-review-emotions-amo-jr-words-sammy-stein\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Emotions&#8221; &#8211; Amo Jr. Words: Sammy Stein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Emotions\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3L7gGefNabTzfjL1ejVtJq?si=7eb3d51391b841dc&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><b>New Release from Amo Jr<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Emotions&#8217;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Independent<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ever heard a song sung with such feeling you feel your heart swell? Put this on and experience the gorgeous tones of Amo Jr on &#8216;Emotions,&#8217; the forward release preluding his album&#8217; Good Quality&#8217; to be released later this year. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amo Jr&#8217;s release has elements of gospel, pop, folk, jazz, and blues intertwined in a wealth of colour, brought to life by the deep, sonorous voice that effortlessly conveys the composer&#8217;s emotions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amo Jr is based in Hamburg and is a charismatic singer known for his nonchalant honesty and fearless expression. Amo is actually Fidelis Amo-Antwi, aka Pap C, aka Bursty Burst, and currently resurrected as Amo Jr. He is a songwriter, guitar player, and performer. Amo Jr grew up in the &#8216;Garden City\u2019 of Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana during J.J.Rawlings&#8217; tightened grip&#8217; and turbulent reign. His father fled to Germany and was granted political asylum there in 1983. The rest of the family reunited with their father in Northeim 5 years later on a sun to snow, late November day in &#8217;88.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amo&#8217;s first introduction to and interest in music was ignited by &#8216;Highlife&#8217; in Ghana, and in Germany, he immersed himself in Indie, Pop, Folk, Blues, and Soul, among other styles. In Northeim, he began to write songs after learning three chords on the guitar. Both his sisters played a large part in encouraging him to present his music in front of an audience.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2004\/2005, Amo Jr. found himself drawn more into music and gigged under the moniker of Bursty Burst as a solo artist and later with a band, earning a good response from audiences! He worked with Y&#8217;akoto and Sammy Deluxe as a project collaborator and returned to making music after a five-year withdrawal from his musical endeavours to pursue an academic path. He released an EP&#8217; Home&#8217; in 2021. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Emotions&#8217; is a song for the times we are in and covers healing, forgiveness, and self-acceptance. Amo Jr&#8217;s music expresses his personal struggles and also the triumphs. How it came to be released is a story. Amo says, &#8220;Actually, I wanted to release a completely different song, a dance track first, but the video creator I urgently wanted to work with didn&#8217;t feel that song. So, I sent him a couple of other songs, and he picked &#8216;Emotion.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>I have not heard the other songs, but I think the video creator&#8217;s choice was good in&#8217; Emotions.&#8217; The song is wonderfully expressive, packed with gentleness yet underpinned with strong and not-so-subtle feelings; it pulls the heartstrings mercilessly. A new music video accompanies the single release.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2V0hpldkpg&amp;t=1s\">Amo Jr. &#8211; Emotions (Official Video) &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amojr.bandcamp.com\/releases\">Emotions | Amo Jr. (bandcamp.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3L7gGefNabTzfjL1ejVtJq?si=4c82f4ed31ac4f96\"><b><i>Spotify<\/i><\/b><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/amojrmusic\/amo-jr-emotions\"><b><i>Soundcloud<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personnel<\/p>\n<p>Composer: Amo Jr<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements: Amo Jr and Franz Schedlbauer<\/p>\n<p>Piano \u2013 Amo Jr<\/p>\n<p>Guitars, bass &#8211; Christian Schallert<\/p>\n<p>Flute \u2013 Charlette Ortmann<\/p>\n<p>Programming \u2013 Franz Schedlbauer<\/p>\n<p>Artist connect info@molisrecords.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amojr.com\/\">Official Website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amojrmusic\/\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmoJr9\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amojrmusic\/\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/20s3MWNjLiVuVxsNK15zpF?si=WMQS0DBiQ4mXxqRQnewRiw\">Spotify<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/amojr.bandcamp.com\/releases\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/amojrmusic\">Soundcloud<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvrPV_AVF2aohtqpvUZYAqw\">Youtube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-435x435.jpg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AMO.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Release from Amo Jr&nbsp; &#8216;Emotions&#8217;&nbsp; Independent&nbsp; Ever heard a song sung with such feeling you feel your heart swell? Put this on and experience the gorgeous tones of Amo Jr on &#8216;Emotions,&#8217; the forward release preluding his album&#8217; Good Quality&#8217; to be released later this year. &nbsp; Amo Jr&#8217;s release has elements of gospel, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,218,222,208,31,132,30,37,180,73,150,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","category-folk","category-germany","category-ghana","category-keyboards","category-lyricist","category-music","category-piano","category-pop","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}