{"id":916,"date":"2020-12-20T18:04:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:04:53","slug":"marv-machura-releases-new-christmas-single-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"Marv Machura Releases New Christmas Single and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marv Machura Releases New Christmas Single and Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Time for Christmas 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marv Machura has released a video to follow-up his recently produced Christmas single: \u201cFirst Christmas Without You.\u201d The video is available on his YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, written, produced, and performed by Machura, is somewhat appropriate for this lockdown Christmas 2020 where many people are not being able to see friends and family, unlike any other Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machura says that he did not write the song specifically for this year, but he admits that its theme is timely. \u201cI wrote the song while on a Christmas Eve walk a few years ago in Penticton. It was a quiet and beautiful night with the snow falling and no traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machura says, the song is about getting through and carrying on in spite of heart-break and loss. It is a theme that runs through many of Machura\u2019s songs. \u201cI always write songs that have rays of light and hope in them.\u201d Machura says, \u201cIf this song helps your spirit get through the tough time that a lonely Christmas can be, then my job is done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Machura is mainly known for his neo-folk songs rooted in Western Canadian experience and history, he has written many more-mainstream, popular music that follows in the singer-songwriter traditions of artists such as Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson, and John Denver. He has published over 20 songs in Nashville, released 4 albums, and is soon set to release his fifth early in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machura is also known as \u201csinging guitarist\u201d who continues to entertain audiences across the Okanagan Valley where he lives. He is, like all of us, looking forward to a return to normal. He says, \u201cI miss playing live! I can\u2019t wait to be back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new song and video can be viewed on Marv Machura\u2019s YouTube Channel. For more information, please contact Marv directly at <a href=\"mailto:marv@marvmachura.com\">marv@marvmachura.com<\/a> or visit his website at <a href=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\">www.marvmachura.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry Christmas 2020!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See video at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D5853J4ZbWQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/D5853J4ZbWQ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marv Machura Releases New Christmas Single and Video In Time for Christmas 2020 Marv Machura has released a video to follow-up his recently produced Christmas single: \u201cFirst Christmas Without You.\u201d The video is available on his YouTube Channel. The song, written, produced, and performed by Machura, is somewhat appropriate for this lockdown Christmas 2020 where &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=916\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marv Machura Releases New Christmas Single and Video&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}