{"id":18537,"date":"2019-11-06T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18537"},"modified":"2019-11-04T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T20:32:08","slug":"new-music-revue-logan-ledger-breathes-new-life-into-old-genres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/11\/06\/new-music-revue-logan-ledger-breathes-new-life-into-old-genres\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Logan Ledger breathes new life into old genres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LOGANLEDGER_I-DONTDREAMANYMORE_digital_EP_cover_GEN_USE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LOGANLEDGER_I-DONTDREAMANYMORE_digital_EP_cover_GEN_USE-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LOGANLEDGER_I-DONTDREAMANYMORE_digital_EP_cover_GEN_USE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LOGANLEDGER_I-DONTDREAMANYMORE_digital_EP_cover_GEN_USE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LOGANLEDGER_I-DONTDREAMANYMORE_digital_EP_cover_GEN_USE.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Logan Ledger<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i>I Don\u2019t Dream Anymore<br \/>\n<\/i>(Rounder Records)<br \/>\n3\/5<\/p>\n<p>Logan Ledger\u2019s short but sweet debut EP <i>I Don\u2019t Dream Anymore<\/i> impressively modernizes classic genres such as country and rock. The Nashville-by-way-of-San-Francisco artist lays down four originals and a cover of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cOh, Sister\u201d here, incorporating the cool California vibes of The Beach Boys with a unique combination of rocker tones reminiscent of The Doors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ledger\u2019s music has a strong southern influence, which sets the tone for the EP on opening track \u201cInvisible Blue.\u201d This song has a country twang and a sorrowful harmony that weaves through the EP.<\/p>\n<p>These songs showcase Ledger\u2019s ability to effortlessly compose and bring together several different genres. Although his sound, being a bit outdated, may not resonate with a younger crowd, those who appreciate classic and timeless artists such as Bob Dylan and George Jones should give Ledger a listen, as his music is a great combination of classic \u201960s genres with a subtle modern twist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Ledger I Don\u2019t Dream Anymore (Rounder Records) 3\/5 Logan Ledger\u2019s short but sweet debut EP I Don\u2019t Dream Anymore impressively modernizes classic genres such as country and rock. The Nashville-by-way-of-San-Francisco artist lays down four originals and a cover of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cOh, Sister\u201d here, incorporating the cool California vibes of The Beach Boys with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-november-6-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18539,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537\/revisions\/18539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}