{"id":43609,"date":"2018-12-10T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=43609"},"modified":"2018-12-11T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:56:20","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-7-emily-lockett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-7-emily-lockett\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 7 &#8211; Emily Lockett Declares We&#8217;ve &#8216;Always Got Next Christmas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staffordshire singer songwriter Emily Lockett&#8217;s EP, &#8216;My Imagination&#8217; is set for release on 14 December. The country\/pop singer has spent 2018 creating, fine-tuning, and performing her original music, including just under 40 live shows, including the 110 Above Festival, and opening for Nashville&#8217;s The Sara Beth Trio, as well as Gary Quinn, Laura Oakes, and The Southern Companion (Darren Hodson).<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-7-emily-lockett\/emily-lockett\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/emily-lockett.png?fit=1430%2C1430&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,1430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"emily lockett\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/emily-lockett.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/emily-lockett.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/div>\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<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The upbeat and joyous &#8216;Always Got Next Christmas&#8217; is a bittersweet song to a loved one who isn&#8217;t around, but it&#8217;s nonetheless catchy and happy, with the hope that that the other will be there next Christmas. The song isn&#8217;t part of her latest EP, but was originally recorded and released when Emily was 15, and appeared on 2016s &#8216;Reflections Of Me&#8217;. It is however no less relevant now, and still makes for a great Christmas tune.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still in her teens, Stoke-On-Trent singer Emily won the &#8220;Artist Of The Year 2018 &#8211; People&#8217;s Vote&#8221; award from British Country Airplay, while her song, &#8216;Nice Eyes&#8217; (which also appears on the EP) was highly commended in the 2018 national Song Academy Young Songwriter competition, in the 13-18 years category.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking of the EP, Emily says,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c&#8217;My Imagination&#8217;, is a compilation of brand new material, songs which have been released as singles via online music platforms and also some of my favourite tracks from &#8216;Reflections of Me&#8217;, which I&#8217;ve re-recorded. The EP features two brand new tracks called &#8216;Strangers Again&#8217; and &#8216;Break up Song&#8217;. I wanted to produce an EP that reflected what you&#8217;re hearing live at the moment if you come to one of my shows.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Set for release on 14 December, &#8216;My Imagination&#8217; is available to pre-order and pre-save now, while physical CDs can be purchased from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilylockett.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>. We hope to review Emily&#8217;s EP closer to the release date. You can also find Emily online on her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmilyLockett4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmilyLockettMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emilylockettmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> accounts. You can listen to her music on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/rpk\/emilylockett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reverbnation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5jTBTukmcJaAfea5tj1I8x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCorryRKHhl1dpPStW2Nk6Hw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> accounts. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicglue.com\/emilylockettmusic\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music Glue<\/a> for her music too.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staffordshire singer songwriter Emily Lockett&#8217;s EP, &#8216;My Imagination&#8217; is set for release on 14 December. The country\/pop singer has spent 2018 creating, fine-tuning, and performing her original music, including just under 40 live shows, including the 110 Above Festival, and opening for Nashville&#8217;s The Sara Beth Trio, as well as Gary Quinn, Laura Oakes, and The Southern Companion (Darren Hodson).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43613,"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":[18184,470,3938,18182,144,939,77,370,9246,18183,78,304,18180,18181,3787],"class_list":["post-43609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-new-releases","tag-always-got-next-christmas","tag-christmas","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-my-imagination","tag-new-album","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-pop-country","tag-reflections-of-me","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-staffordshire","tag-stoke-on-trent","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-bln","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58143,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-15-ryan-brahms-delivers-a-refreshing-and-passionate-holiday-single-christmas-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":43609,"position":0},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 15 &#8211; Ryan Brahms Delivers A Refreshing And Passionate Holiday Single, \u2018Christmas Morning\u2019","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"15\/12\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Singer-songwriter and producer Ryan Brahms delivers a refreshing and passionate holiday single behind the 15th door on our Essential Advent Calendar.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/archived-categories\/christmas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 15","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/D458490E-BD87-4398-96F0-672CA9A7EF59.png?fit=623%2C495&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/D458490E-BD87-4398-96F0-672CA9A7EF59.png?fit=623%2C495&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/D458490E-BD87-4398-96F0-672CA9A7EF59.png?fit=623%2C495&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":85030,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-4-neighbours-star-alan-fletcher-releases-original-holiday-song-its-gonna-be-a-good-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":43609,"position":1},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar &#8211; December 4: Neighbours Star Alan Fletcher Releases Original Holiday Song, \u2018It&#8217;s Gonna Be A Good Christmas\u2019","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"04\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Neighbours\u00a0star and singer-songwriter\u00a0Alan Fletcher\u00a0kicks off the festive season with the release of his brand new original song, \u2018It\u2019s Gonna Be A Good Christmas\u2019. 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