{"id":1129,"date":"2015-09-21T22:05:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2016-01-04T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:06:13","slug":"marthas-trouble-to-release-two-holiday-singles-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/marthas-trouble-to-release-two-holiday-singles-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha&#8217;s Trouble to release two holiday singles in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n<div><b>September 21, 2015<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>MARTHA&#8217;S TROUBLE TO RELEASE\u00a0<\/b><b>TWO HOLIDAY SINGLES IN OCTOBER<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Martha\u2019s Trouble offers their most anticipated holiday work yet with the arrival of two digital singles,\u00a0\u201cRiver\u201d and \u201cWhite Christmas,\u201d in October 2015. \u00a0The new singles follow the success of two independent\u00a0holiday albums,\u00a0<em>Christmas Lights<\/em>\u00a0(2002) and\u00a0<em>This\u00a0Christmas<\/em>\u00a0(2008).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2002,\u00a0<em>Christmas Lights<\/em>\u00a0was selected for\u00a0<em>USA Today<\/em>\u2019s Top Holiday albums of the year list because of the distinctive voices of lead acoustic guitarist-singer Rob and percussionist-singer Jen. Now in 2015, Martha\u2019s Trouble\u2019s rendition of \u201cRiver\u201d (a cover of the Joni Mitchell song) \u00a0is a gorgeous must-have for your holiday collection, along with the duo\u2019s own take on the classic \u201cWhite Christmas,\u201d\u00a0which was made famous by Bing Crosby.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Says Jen, \u201cThe spin we put on this song is so relaxing, it will put everyone in the Christmas spirit and will keep you\u00a0feeling this way for years to come.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Listeners will immediately recognize the Martha\u2019s Trouble signature sound of folk and country twang, which has been praised by some of the most influential and well-respected\u00a0music critics of our time. Martha\u2019s Trouble has been listed and featured in\u00a0<em>Billboard Magazine<\/em>,\u00a0<em>USA Today<\/em>, AOL Music, XM Satellite Radio and\u00a0<em>Performing Songwriter<\/em>. All of it is part of a dream that is still in the works \u2013 a dream that Jen and Rob keep on dreaming.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>The name Martha\u2019s Trouble comes from a story in the Bible about two sisters, Martha and Mary. Jesus came to see them one day, and Martha was running around, trying to clean up and prepare food while Mary was hanging out at Jesus\u2019 feet. The story says Martha was \u201ctroubled\u201d because Mary wasn\u2019t helping. The story, the duo says, is a reminder to stop and smell the roses, to keep an eye on\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>the bigger picture and the important things in life.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastrouble.com\/\" data-type=\"url\">www.marthastrouble.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2015 \u00a0 MARTHA&#8217;S TROUBLE TO RELEASE\u00a0TWO HOLIDAY SINGLES IN OCTOBER Martha\u2019s Trouble offers their most anticipated holiday work yet with the arrival of two digital singles,\u00a0\u201cRiver\u201d and \u201cWhite Christmas,\u201d in October 2015. \u00a0The new singles follow the success of two independent\u00a0holiday albums,\u00a0Christmas Lights\u00a0(2002) and\u00a0This\u00a0Christmas\u00a0(2008). In 2002,\u00a0Christmas Lights\u00a0was selected for\u00a0USA Today\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/marthas-trouble-to-release-two-holiday-singles-in-october\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Martha&#8217;s Trouble to release two holiday singles in October&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}