{"id":37469,"date":"2018-06-24T13:02:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=37469"},"modified":"2018-06-24T13:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T12:18:23","slug":"pete-gardiner-who-do-you-belong-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/pete-gardiner-who-do-you-belong-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Gardiner &#8211; &#8216;Who Do You Belong To&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/pete-gardiner-who-do-you-belong-to\/30741434_1671954282858307_1516554863478046720_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30741434_1671954282858307_1516554863478046720_o.jpg?fit=1332%2C1332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1332,1332\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"30741434_1671954282858307_1516554863478046720_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30741434_1671954282858307_1516554863478046720_o.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30741434_1671954282858307_1516554863478046720_o.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pete Gardiner is a rarity, a true songsmith, a poet who sets his stories to music. Pete writes about doomed, alcohol fuelled love affairs, our celebrity obsessed culture, vanity, greed, violence and lust with a style and passion inspired by his songwriting heroes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Growing up in Northern Ireland in the 90s, there was no shortage of subject matter for Pete\u2019s unique ability with words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His early demos, which gained support from local BBC radio, caught the attention of a major UK radio group, who then tipped off a record label, which resulted in Pete signing his first recording contract. Pete\u2019s debut album, recorded with award winning Irish producer Tommy McLaughlin (The Villagers), earned great reviews and the first single \u2018Idols\u2019 was featured in \u2018Record of the Day\u2019. The follow up, All These Things, was picked up by BBC Radio 2 by presenter Janice Long.<\/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><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pete and producer Pol Brennan of the band Clannad, co-wrote the title track for the movie &#8216;Property of the State&#8217; which premiered at the Galway film Festival last year. American song plugger Gil Grand discovered Pete online and, impressed by the storytelling aspect of the lyrics, is now helping Pete write for established artists in the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More recently, Pete hooked up with the music company The Animal Farm who saw Pete perform at The Islington in London and were so impressed that they immediately asked to produce Pete\u2019s next single.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018Who Do You Belong To?\u2019\u200b is out on The Animal Farm on 29th June 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out the video for the single on \u200bYouTube\u200b and visit Pete\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petegardiner.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website\u200b<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thepetegardiner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> for more information and tour dates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Catch Pete live at his single launch at The Spice Of Life in Soho on 30th June 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_63190\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeyMmpxVsjE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Pete Gardiner &#039;Who Do You Belong To&#039;\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xeyMmpxVsjE\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Gardiner is a rarity, a true songsmith, a poet who sets his stories to music. 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