{"id":62861,"date":"2020-06-05T13:11:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=62861"},"modified":"2020-06-05T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:11:34","slug":"calypso-artist-john-richards-releases-latest-single-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/calypso-artist-john-richards-releases-latest-single-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Calypso Artist John Richards Releases Latest Single, &#8216;Brexit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Taking his inspiration from the social and political events of recent years, Calypso artist John Richards has released his latest EP, &#8216;Brexit&#8217;. The record makes use of his upbeat dancehall calypso style of music, while covering UK events such as the Brexit Referendum, and England&#8217;s cricket performance.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Birmingham, John Richards writes songs that are optimistic and light-hearted in tone. He has performed as a steel pan player for a number of years, and his previous albums have similarly covered a variety of unusual topics, such as his love of beer, and flower festivals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Brexit&#8217; is the opening song on the 3 track EP, which tells the history of the Brexit Referendum in a somewhat humorous style. Somewhat incongruous when heard in conjunction with the steel pan, and yet quite fitting when you consider that we don&#8217;t really know what is going to happen with the withdrawal from the European Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Brexit&#8217; is now available to stream and download on all major digital download sites. You can find out more about John Richards online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnrichardsmusician\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boiluptropical\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/johnrichardsmusician\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Listen to more of his music on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/john-richards-624973759\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/35PIQFX8Gz2REgvsUCAupL?si=ctR0AbFXTwqOlFnGEilrGw\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Brexit\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4l4XXLWACeUs6mmjTHfvaD?si=aODDl3VUTL2i9FOoWch-dw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking his inspiration from the social and political events of recent years, Calypso artist John Richards has released his latest EP, &#8216;Brexit&#8217;. The record makes use of his upbeat dancehall calypso style of music, while covering UK events such as the Brexit Referendum, and England&#8217;s cricket performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62862,"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":[21447,7,21454,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[983,6378,2591,25379,11720,939,77,370,10677],"class_list":["post-62861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ep-reviews","category-music","category-new-eps","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-birmingham","tag-brexit","tag-calypso","tag-john-richards","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-glT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38942,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/calypso-inspired-normal-new-from-this-human-condition-ahead-of-forthcoming-ep\/","url_meta":{"origin":62861,"position":0},"title":"Calypso-Inspired &#8216;Normal&#8217; New From This Human Condition Ahead Of Forthcoming EP","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"31\/07\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This Human Condition is back, with 'Normal', an electronic Calypso - Calypso-tronica if you like - inspired track, with the message that it's okay not to be \"normal\".","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/image1-8.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/image1-8.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/image1-8.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/image1-8.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40475,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/09\/playtoday-in-paris\/","url_meta":{"origin":62861,"position":1},"title":"PlayToday &#8211; &#8216;In Paris&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"18\/09\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"PlayToday creates electronic music filled with composite synthetic textures, saturated bass sections, and meandering vocals. 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