Bonnie Ste-Croix

“With her rich voice and evocative lyrics, Bonnie Ste-Croix is about to cement her position as one of Canada’s premier singer/songwriters with her new CD…Ste-Croix blends emotions and imagery in a way that feels both universal and intensely personal. There are subtle flavours of Canada’s varied and rich musical culture, while the overall whole remains distinctly folk and roots Canadiana.” - Serafin LaRiviere, Xtra National

“…a great album … Ste-Croix captures the character of each region. Thus, “You’ve Already Got What You Need has some thrilling aboriginal vocals by the Northwest Territories’ Leela Gilday, and the track, “Harvest,” recorded in Prince Edward Island oddly sounds like something Stompin’ Tom Connors would have done. Her best album.” Tom Harrison, The Vancouver Province - Tom Harrison, The Vancouver Province

Ste-Croix is “…blessed with a warm, inviting alto and an intuitive feel for how the human heart works.” Stephen Cooke, The Chronicle Herald - Stephen Cooke, The Chronicle Herald

“Bonnie Ste-Croix's wonderful new album, Canadian Girl, ..(has) 46 musicians featured on the album but the sound is remarkably cohesive, based on Ste-Croix's strong melodies, thoughtful lyrics and appealing voice........the songs flow easily and naturally.” Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen - Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen

 "...the songs are of strong quality throughout. In the end, it turns out to be a high-quality celebration of the folk and-roots community of the country...right up there with "Something to sing about, this land of ours."   Bob Mersereau, CBC - Bob Mersereau, CBC, author of two national best-selling books, The Top 100 Canadian Albums & The Top

“The entire album is incredible. People just don't make albums like this anymore.” Glenn Misner, CBC, Atlantic
Airwaves - Glenn Misner, CBC

Here I Am is easily one of the best albums of 2007, period
author: John Book, Music For America

If you've made it through this point in the column so far, you will notice that there's a lot of Canadian music being reviewed. Let's add another by a woman who has been making music since the early 90's, but was unfamiliar to my ears until recently. I will have to say this, the reason by Bonnie Ste. Croix has been around for so long is due to how moving and powerful her music and voice is. Here I Am (self-released) may become one of my favorite albums for a few reasons. Her voice is very moving in the Sarah McLachlan sense, but that was a first impression. As one takes a more intense listen to her music, one gets a better impression of her as a singer, and perhaps as a person. When the album begins with the title track, the listener is off for a ride that is a joy to be a part of. She's a woman who doesn't like to stay around in one musical place at any given time, one song may be awash in lush keyboards, another may have crispy beats sampled and looped while a mandolin and slide guitar dance with each other, other times she may reach for the heartstrings with a country song, as she does in "Stay". Then she'll turn around and head towards the darker depths of electronica in "Another Day", and that's the exception to the rule, most of her music is rootsy and organic Even when she does go electronic or does a song that may display a bit of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To The Machine" in the shadows, her voice remains the same in any texture, sounding comfortable in each one. There's a confidence in her voice that is very warm, and while she may reveal lyrics that touch on uncertainty and fear, Here I Am proves that this is her on her own path, walking down fearlessly.
- Music For America

¡° Ste-Croix is a talented singer-writer whose latest CD, Here I Am, neatly balances serious pop with a rootsy type of rock. Nicely done.¡±
Tom Harrison
The Province Newpaper
Vancouver, BC - Tom Harrison

Review by William Ackerman

"I met Bonnie Ste-Croix when I attended the Music West Conference in Vancouver as a speaker and a panelist. By far the most promising talent I heard that day was Bonnie Ste-Croix and the feedback from the other panelists confirmed that my opinion was shared by the others. Her focus and discipline toward this endeavor is not less important in the real world than her talent. As a producer for artists such as Patty Larkin and John Gorka, among others, I feel qualified to offer the observation that Bonnie Ste-Croix is deserving of whatever resources will add to the momentum of her work and her career?I consider myself a fan."
Will Ackerman, CEO Imaginary Road Records, Founder of Windham Hill Records
- Music West Conference Follow Up

"Ste-Croix wanders around soul-deep like Christine McVie but with a rain and sunshine coast Shari Ulrich-like sensibility."
Warren Footz, SEE Magazin. Edmonton
- SEE Magazine

"Bonnie's thoughtful, self-penned creations blend contemporary and soul music, delivered in a voice possessing the anguish of Annie Lennox, the passion of Chrissie Hynde, and the tender innocence of Janis Ian."
B. L. Whitehall,
The Georgia Straight.
Vancouver BC
- Georgia Straight

"Bonnie Ste-Croix evokes big-city paranoia and does a credible Fiona-Apple-in-detox on "Another Day."
Shawn Conner,
The Georgia Straight.
Vancouver BC
- Georgia Straight

Bonnie Ste-Croix's songs are "... strong, personal, intense, introspective and spiritual all at once... Jann Arden fans take note." Ralph Alfonso, Monthly Music Publication. Vancouver - Ralph Alfonso

"The Gaspe Quebec native possesses the songwriting prowess of storytellers Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin and Tom Waits, with an immediately recognizable, smoky voice that fluctuates between a sensual bluesy Bessie Smith, an assertive country-tinged Mary Chapin Carpenter, and a heartfelt acoustic rocker Sarah McLachlan."
B. Whitehall
XtraWest
- B. Whitehall

"Produced by Vancouver's Bill Buckingham and featuring some of our best players, this is a rich amalgam of writing styles from a fine singer...songs like 'Berry Point Road" show loving attention to craft."
J.P. McLaughlin
The Province Newspaper
Vancouver, BC - John McLaughlin