{"id":70747,"date":"2021-08-06T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=70747"},"modified":"2023-07-01T07:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T05:31:43","slug":"premiere-james-rafterys-new-single-gardener-is-a-breath-of-summer-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/08\/premiere-james-rafterys-new-single-gardener-is-a-breath-of-summer-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: James Raftery’s New Single ‘Gardener’ Is A Breath Of Summer Sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Out today, James Raftery’s new single, ‘Gardener’, is a breath of fresh air. Taken from his album ‘Tornado’, which is also out today, ‘Gardener’ sees Raftery channel Martin Gore, as he sings and plays piano, along with some synthetic elements. The new album follows on from his 2017 release, ‘Everything’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":70751,"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":"subscribers","_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":[7,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[27820,27819,11720,77,370,116,10677],"class_list":["post-70747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-gardener","tag-james-raftery","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-ip5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71495,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/matteo-bocelli-today-unveils-his-debut-single-the-aptly-named-solo\/","url_meta":{"origin":70747,"position":0},"title":"Matteo Bocelli Today Unveils His Debut Single, The Aptly Named ‘Solo’","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/09\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Acclaimed singer\/songwriter Matteo Bocelli has today released his debut solo single, aptly entitled, 'Solo', through Capitol Records.","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","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\/2021\/09\/matteo-bocelli.jpg?fit=927%2C958&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/matteo-bocelli.jpg?fit=927%2C958&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/matteo-bocelli.jpg?fit=927%2C958&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/matteo-bocelli.jpg?fit=927%2C958&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28227,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/06\/matteo-scher-something-good\/","url_meta":{"origin":70747,"position":1},"title":"Matteo Scher – ‘Something Good’","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/06\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"With a sound something like Tom Odell, Billy Joel, James Bay, and Elton John all rolled into one, New York City singer songwriter Matteo Scher certainly promises 'Something Good' with his new EP, set for release on 15 June.","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","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\/2017\/06\/Matteo-Scher-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Matteo-Scher-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Matteo-Scher-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Matteo-Scher-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Matteo-Scher-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61677,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/04\/james-blunt-releases-powerful-video-for-new-single-the-greatest\/","url_meta":{"origin":70747,"position":2},"title":"James Blunt Releases Powerful Video For New Single ‘The Greatest’","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"17\/04\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"James Blunt today releases his inspiring new Radio 2 \u2018Track of the Week\u2019 single and moving video for \u2018The Greatest\u2019. 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