{"id":49141,"date":"2023-10-18T21:12:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=49141"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:18:53","slug":"interview-with-acclaimed-singer-songwriter-john-blek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=49141","title":{"rendered":"Interview with acclaimed singer\/ songwriter, John Blek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Paula Wiseman chats with acclaimed Cork singer\/ songwriter, John Blek about his new single, &#8216;The City Sleeps&#8217;, a collaboration with Dresden musicians Filip Sommer and Moritz Br\u00fcmmer (The Broken Strings). He chats about his songwriting process and also about how a freak accident scuppered\/ postponed a European tour.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MpN5bIC08e\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnblek.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; John Blek\" src=\"https:\/\/johnblek.com\/embed\/#?secret=BMzDpqrUqb#?secret=MpN5bIC08e\" data-secret=\"MpN5bIC08e\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9707\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/JohnBlekchat.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9707','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/JohnBlekchat.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/JohnBlekchat.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=49141-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/JohnBlekchat.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"JohnBlekchat.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 16:08 &#8212; 22.2MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paula Wiseman chats with acclaimed Cork singer\/ songwriter, John Blek about his new single, &#8216;The City Sleeps&#8217;, a collaboration with Dresden musicians Filip Sommer and Moritz Br\u00fcmmer (The Broken Strings). He chats about his songwriting process and also about how a freak accident scuppered\/ postponed a European tour. 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