{"id":43534,"date":"2018-12-07T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=43534"},"modified":"2018-12-07T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:20:27","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-5-gary-driscoll-releases-feel-good-christmas-tune-fly-home-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-5-gary-driscoll-releases-feel-good-christmas-tune-fly-home-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 5 &#8211; Gary Driscoll Releases Feel Good Christmas Tune, &#8216;Fly Home for Christmas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UK singer Gary Driscoll released his latest single, &#8216;Fly Home For Christmas&#8217; on December 4, just in time for the festive season.<\/strong><\/h4>\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\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A feel good track, the single is the newest song from the London artist, who&#8217;s been in the entertainment industry for 26 years. More than just a singer, he&#8217;s also featured in two true crime films: &#8216;The Wee Man&#8217;, and &#8216;Rise Of The Foot Soldier 3&#8217;. Being elected to perform in these films gave him the incentive to now produce his own music.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-5-gary-driscoll-releases-feel-good-christmas-tune-fly-home-for-christmas\/img_0338\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0338.png?fit=320%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0338\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0338.png?fit=320%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0338.png?resize=320%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gary&#8217;s smooth soul sound is inspired by the huge voices of the likes of Frank Sinatra, and Matt Monro, and &#8216;Fly Home For Christmas&#8217; is filled with the joy of Christmas. Written by Gary&#8217;s companion and songwriter, Mark Leen, the lyrics speak about being together with our loved ones at this special time of year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gary&#8217;s hope is that his single will bring some love and music into people&#8217;s homes this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Fly Home For Christmas&#8217; is available to stream and download now. You can find Gary Driscoll online on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-305786330-897869590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2uW07oq2oBadeC9LgxkyOt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gary.driscoll.982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fly Home For Christmas 24 Bit01.WAV by Gary Driscoll\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F537778851&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640&#038;secret_token=s-CVlbE\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK singer Gary Driscoll released his latest single, &#8216;Fly Home For Christmas&#8217; on December 4, just in time for the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43535,"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":[3768,9],"tags":[18171,3938,18170,2773,15069,18172,77,370,3787],"class_list":["post-43534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-new-releases","tag-big-band-sound","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-fly-home-for-christmas","tag-frank-sinatra","tag-gary-driscoll","tag-matt-monro","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-bka","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37355,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/gary-driscoll-the-old-east-end-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":43534,"position":0},"title":"GARY DRISCOLL &#8211; &#8216;THE OLD EAST END TONIGHT&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"21\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Gary Driscoll is a London-based crooner who counts among his influences the likes of Frank Sinatra, and other jazz pioneers. 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