{"id":43867,"date":"2018-12-18T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=43867"},"modified":"2018-12-18T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:07:40","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-13-the-waitress-asks-if-somebody-mentioned-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-13-the-waitress-asks-if-somebody-mentioned-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 13 &#8211; The Waitress Asks If &#8216;Somebody Mentioned Christmas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Manchester based singer songwriter Ben Turner performs as The Waitress, and with thoughtful storytelling, combined with bursts of energy and intensity, creates music which is a seamless blend of folk, jazz, country, and pop.<\/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;\">His musical influences include Villagers, Damien Rice, and Jeff Buckley, and his songs, which either end epically or end on a dreamier note.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-13-the-waitress-asks-if-somebody-mentioned-christmas\/the-waitress-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"the waitress 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43885\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Somebody Mentioned Christmas&#8217; is a great festive tune, with a video showing Ben playing his guitar and becoming more and more festive as the song moves on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turner became interested in music at an early age, and then after performing in a number of bands, formed his ideas for The Waitress, while based in Bristol. Now living in Manchester he&#8217;s establishing himself and plays regularly with various musicians and singers across the city in a range of venues and open mic events. Watch for more from The Waitress in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-13-the-waitress-asks-if-somebody-mentioned-christmas\/the-waitress-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-3.jpg?fit=1092%2C1092&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1092,1092\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"the waitress 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-3.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43883\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-waitress-3.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about The Waitress online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thewaitressband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewaitressband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewaitressuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. Stream his music on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/21UOq4IOjJ9p4WGGMY3a85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRE4c6bBuLw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester based singer songwriter Ben Turner performs as The Waitress, and with thoughtful storytelling, combined with bursts of energy and intensity, creates music which is a seamless blend of folk, jazz, country, and pop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43886,"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":[3768,57,9,12133],"tags":[18255,470,3938,18147,984,77,370,18213,18254,3787,3426],"class_list":["post-43867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-news","tag-ben-turner","tag-christmas","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-festive","tag-manchester","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-seasonal","tag-somebody-mentioned-christmas","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar","tag-the-waitress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-bpx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72650,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-4-the-aquadolls-cover-the-waitresses-holiday-classic-xmas-wrapping-produced-by-fat-mike-of-nofx-and-feat-angelo-moore-of-fishbone-and-el-jefe-of-nofx-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":43867,"position":0},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 4 &#8211; The Aquadolls Cover The Waitresses Holiday Classic &#8216;Xmas Wrapping&#8217;! 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