{"id":11734,"date":"2014-03-20T10:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=11734"},"modified":"2014-03-20T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:26:00","slug":"lacey-caroline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/03\/lacey-caroline\/","title":{"rendered":"LACEY CAROLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11735\" alt=\"lacey-caroline-Issue-No31\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lacey-caroline-Issue-No31.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lacey-caroline-Issue-No31.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lacey-caroline-Issue-No31-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>LACEY CAROLINE<\/h1>\n<p>HOMETOWN: Sparta, N.J.<br \/>\nINFLUENCES: Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<br \/>\nALBUM: <i>Songbird<\/i> EP, out now<br \/>\nWEBSITE: laceycaroline.com<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in a small town in northern New Jersey, country singer-songwriter Lacey Caroline, born Lacey Steinel, spent much of her childhood writing short stories driven by strong female characters. As a teenager, she married her love of words with melodies, teaching herself to play guitar and recording her first four-song EP. \u201cI\u2019m a dedicated, hardworking embodiment of the American dream,\u201d she says. \u201cMy music is as straightforward as my lifestyle.\u201d In 2009, she assumed the role of lead vocalist for pop-punk group the Best Week Ever, eventually opening for Bon Jovi at Meadowlands Stadium. Feeling the rush of performing for thousands encouraged the 23-year-old Cornell University graduate to pursue a solo career. Lacey Caroline\u2019s new eight-track EP, <i>Songbird<\/i>, strips away the mainstream sheen in favor of laid-back acoustic arrangements. \u201cBoth New Jersey\u2019s attitude and country music are very bare-bones,\u201d she says. \u201cDramatic arrangements and flowery metaphors just wouldn\u2019t be me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LACEY CAROLINE HOMETOWN: Sparta, N.J. INFLUENCES: Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen ALBUM: Songbird EP, out now WEBSITE: laceycaroline.com Growing up in a small town in northern New Jersey, country singer-songwriter Lacey Caroline, born Lacey Steinel, spent much of her childhood writing short stories driven by strong female characters. As a teenager, she married her love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[7328,7332],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11736,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11734\/revisions\/11736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}