{"id":37406,"date":"2018-06-22T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=37406"},"modified":"2018-06-22T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:34:31","slug":"edina-balint-race-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/edina-balint-race-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Edina Balint &#8211; &#8216;Race To The Top&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"truncatedUserDescription__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedUserDescription__content\">\n<div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/edina-balint-race-to-the-top\/edina1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edina1.png?fit=992%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"992,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"edina1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edina1.png?fit=640%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edina1.png?resize=640%2C646&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Singer songwriter Edina Balint is from British Columbia, Canada, and began playing piano at the age of nine, and guitar at thirteen. Her guitar-led track &#8216;Race To The Top&#8217; is a heartfelt and deeply personal insight into her quest to make a success of her music.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a knowledge of a variety of musical genres, Edina&#8217;s style fuses acoustic and contemporary piano. She counts as her inspiration bands including Nickelback and Lifehouse.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Edina Bailnt is working on releasing her debut EP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Edina online on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edinab11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/edinab12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>. You can stream and download her music on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1yAAk10PqWfpEom1wNswrf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/edinabalint.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>. &#8216;Race To The Top&#8217; is available as a free download <a href=\"https:\/\/theartistunion.com\/tracks\/141d80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/435603069&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer songwriter Edina Balint is from British Columbia, Canada, and began playing piano at the age of nine, and guitar at thirteen. Her guitar-led track &#8216;Race To The Top&#8217; is a heartfelt and deeply personal insight into her quest to make a success of her music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[1376,11641,673,15098,199,989,77,370,15099,78,304],"class_list":["post-37406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-acoustic","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-edina-balint","tag-guitar","tag-new-artist","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-race-to-the-top","tag-singer","tag-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9Jk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30293,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/09\/indie-pop-singer-songwriter-jamie-mathias-releases-new-album-the-great-escape-lp\/","url_meta":{"origin":37406,"position":0},"title":"Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Jamie Mathias Releases New Album &#8216;The Great Escape LP&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"22\/09\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Indie pop artist Jamie Mathias released his new album, 'The Great Escape LP' today, following the success of his EP release in 2015, which in turn led to huge success on his YouTube channel.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19942999_1551113638296865_5553291025958650961_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19942999_1551113638296865_5553291025958650961_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19942999_1551113638296865_5553291025958650961_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19942999_1551113638296865_5553291025958650961_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19942999_1551113638296865_5553291025958650961_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39776,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/rozie-lil-longer\/","url_meta":{"origin":37406,"position":1},"title":"Rozie &#8211; &#8216;Lil Longer&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/08\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian singer songwriter Rozie's passion for music began at a very early age, when she begged her parents for piano lessons, eventually gaining her certification from the Royal Conservatory. 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