{"id":57699,"date":"2019-11-27T20:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T20:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=57699"},"modified":"2019-11-27T21:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T21:45:54","slug":"introducing-ren-and-his-new-single-willow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/introducing-ren-and-his-new-single-willow\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing REN And His New Single &#8216;Willow&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Newcastle based singer\/songwriter Ren, aka Conor Owen, has released his new single &#8216;Willow&#8217;. Instantly captivating thanks to Ren\u00b4s beguiling voice, wiith its meaningful lyrics over the main guitar melody, the song eventually boasts some fine instrumentation due the presence of a stunning string arrangement.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Willow&#8217; is a capacious song musically, and incredibly reflective, and something of a grower, yet inviting, nonetheless. With hints towards other singer\/songwriter heavyweights like Jose Gonzalez and James Taylor, the track also gave me some Nick Drake vibes too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recorded in London, and mixed by Paul Gregory of Lanterns On The Lake,\u00a0&#8216;Willow&#8217; is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5n9tCkOZ8p3epikqXx3gNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> now along with some of Ren&#8217;s previous releases, including &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3EXnzgJ1F4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Hounds<\/a>&#8216;, which really shows him off as a guitarist too. Ren has confirmed that new music is due for 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ren will be performing at Caf\u00e9 Indiependent, Scunthorpe, on 30 November, as part of Belwood Music&#8217;s 5th Birthday Bash. You can find out more details, as well as buy tickets, <a href=\"https:\/\/cafeindie.org.uk\/events\/belwood-musics-5th-birthday-bash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Ren online on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renofficialmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamrenofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renofficialmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/renofficialmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to a live acoustic performance of &#8216;Willow&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0T0ImtxvYQU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle based singer\/songwriter Ren, aka Conor Owen, has released his new single &#8216;Willow&#8217;. Instantly captivating thanks to Ren\u00b4s beguiling voice, wiith its meaningful lyrics over the main guitar melody, the song eventually boasts some fine instrumentation due the presence of a stunning string arrangement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57700,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[1376,23690,22783,77,370,975,23689,78,304,21910],"class_list":["post-57699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-acoustic","tag-conor-owen","tag-liam-anthony","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-newcastle","tag-ren","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-willow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-f0D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50892,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/talented-singer-tess-henley-returns-after-a-4-year-hiatus-with-new-single-better\/","url_meta":{"origin":57699,"position":0},"title":"Talented Singer Tess Henley Returns After a 4 Year Hiatus with New Single \u201cBetter\u201d","author":"Emma Mages","date":"28\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Seattle singer Tess Henley has revealed her brand-new single ahead of her EP coming out at the end of June.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19511096_10155086568958891_6718611281138702595_n.jpeg?fit=481%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72438,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/11\/willow-drops-remix-for-t-r-a-n-s-p-a-r-e-n-t-s-o-u-l-ft-kid-cudi\/","url_meta":{"origin":57699,"position":1},"title":"WILLOW Drops Remix for &#8216;t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l&#8217; ft. 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