Jakub Ondra - Old Town Square (2017)

Together with Zestovskih, Jakub Ondra worked on multi-layered songwriter compositions and texts about growing up, falling in love and loving. On his debut, "Old Town Square," he unites all the virtues one hopes for from a great pop album: beauty, catchiness, melancholy, accessibility, emotional depth and honesty. Only equipped with a travel bag and a guitar case, he drove across Europe and stood in inner cities to make music wherever his interrail ticket led him. For a few euro, but above all for the feelings of happiness and experiences that you reap when you are strangers in a country and still find listeners. And as is usually the case, a street musician, a vagabond, can not leave what he loves - because he lives it: "I am very satisfied with my album. My decision to make this record was the right one - even if I gave up my old life. But do not be surprised if you hear me in the pedestrian zone in the afternoons, before I appear in a concert hall. The direct way of doing it on the street, I simply love too much to make it whole. "

This young man is a true songwriter's talent, as he proves song by song on his album "Old Town Square". A beautifully produced record, which does not sound like street music, but tells a lot of stories, which by Jakub's warm-hearted voice with strongly perceptible high notes only gain more glamor and personality. The record delivers ballads ("Praha", "That's Just What I Do") and uptempo songs ("Do Everything", "Every Song") and the trained music fan could directly think of Ed Sheeran , The redhead has also played from the street to the largest halls in the world; But also in the hearts of the people, and that is exactly what Jakub Ondra is going to do in his turn, but he is also particularly impressed with his lyrics ("Every song is about you and every dream is about you") and its somewhat untypical Music, which nevertheless sounds catchy and radio-like. Immediately, the daughter and the mother are presented together in the first row at the concert, as they rhythmically dance to »Cast A Line« and are carried away by the singers' unique style. Finding a genre is difficult, because it seems as if some of the songs are represented; But fans of Ed Sheeran's albums will feel at home here on "Old Town Square", because not only song-technically, but also partial of the vocal color and the text lines, one feels reminded of the Überflieger.

TRACKLIST

01. Praha
02. Sunburned
03. Do Everything
04. That's Just What I Do
05. Every Song
06. Cast the Line
07. Unsure
08. You
09. Shine
10. Consume
11. Can You Hear Me Now
12. Tram No. 15