{"id":24680,"date":"2016-12-03T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=24680"},"modified":"2016-12-03T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:35:03","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-matthew-shepherd-fairytale-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-matthew-shepherd-fairytale-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: Matthew Shepherd &#8211; &#8216;Fairytale Of New York&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-matthew-shepherd-fairytale-of-new-york\/advent-calendar-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-4.png?fit=1482%2C1178&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1482,1178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"advent calendar 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-4.png?fit=640%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-4.png?resize=640%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"advent calendar 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We open the third door of our Essential Advent Calendar and Matthew Shepherd is behind it with his beautiful cover of, &#8216;Fairytale Of New York&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-matthew-shepherd-fairytale-of-new-york\/matthew-shepherd\/\" 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style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matthew Shepherd\u00a0is a singer songwriter from Essex who has been hailed as one of the most exciting newcomers to the Acoustic music scene. 21 year old Matthew has been delighting audiences in London, Essex, and beyond, with his catalogue of self-penned songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His cover of &#8216;Fairytale of New York&#8217; is stripped back and pure, re-imagined as a beautiful acoustic guitar piece.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_73326\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" 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