‘Silver Screen’ and ‘Don’t Look Back’, the debut singles from the soon to be 50-year-old Jonatan Samuelsson and his AOR project “Jono” are released on September 2, 2024
Jono is the AOR-solo project of Jonatan “Jono” Samuelsson – bassist in the bands Narnia & Starmen and ex Safemode. The project took shape ahead of Jonatan’s 50th birthday. Together with two of his bandmates in Narnia – CJ Grimmark (guitars, bass, keyboards) and Anders Köllerfors (drums), Jonatan creates 1980s-influenced, melodic hard rock in the same style as Europe and similar bands.
The singles will be released via JONO Music and will be available on all major digital platforms.
More songs are in the works, but no schedule is official at this time. Jono refers to social media and official websites for current info.
Samuelsson has the following to say: My first song for this AOR-project. It’s a song about daring to believe that you can actually succeed. An uplifting song that I originally wrote with my daughter, Agnes, in mind. She was going to choose a high school course and had big dreams, which I wanted to encourage her to follow.
I strove to mix modern AOR with the rock that I myself grew up with in the 1980s, like Europe and other phenomenal bands. CJ Grimmark, together with Anders Köllerfors, has done a fantastic musical job.
The second single from my AOR-project “Jono”. This song is about daring to let go of things that keep you stuck in the past. Things that you constantly return to, but that should be left in the past, while you should look forward instead. In my case, the song is about all the time I spend on certain projects, which I should really see as a closed chapter. But the text is double-bottomed and can also be about my Christian faith.
The music just popped into my head one day in the studio and I quickly recorded a demo, which CJ Grimmark produced and Anders Köllerfors gilded with drumming.
JONO:
Jonatan Samuelsson: All vocals
Featured musicians:
CJ Grimmark: Guitars, bass, keyboards
Anders Köllerfors: Drums
Lyrics & music: Jonatan Samuelsson
Produced, mixed & mastered by: CJ Grimmark
Graphic design by: Jonatan Samuelsson
JONO-logo by: Jonatan Knutes
Links:
Webpage: https://jonatansamuelsson.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jono.samuelsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonomedia