{"id":12467,"date":"2014-06-22T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T00:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T00:13:36","slug":"the-bright-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/the-bright-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BRIGHT SMOKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12468\" alt=\"M-34-the-bright-smoke\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-the-bright-smoke.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-the-bright-smoke.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-the-bright-smoke-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>THE BRIGHT SMOKE<\/h1>\n<p><b>HOMETOWN:<\/b> Chicago, Ill.<br \/>\n<b>INFLUENCES:<\/b> Junior Kimbrough, the National,\u00a0Patti Smith<br \/>\n<b>ALBUM:<\/b> <i>Virginia Et Al.<\/i> EP, out now<br \/>\n<b>WEBSITE:<\/b> thebrightsmoke.bandcamp.com<\/p>\n<p>A former classical ballet dancer, the Bright\u00a0Smoke (n\u00e9e Mia Wilson) abandoned her career plans following a serious injury in training.\u00a0 So she shifted her interest to music, and credits her parents with encouraging her to explore artistic avenues beyond the barre. \u201cGrowing up, music and art were a normal part of the fabric of our home,\u201d she says. \u201cAs a child I thought it was a mark of adulthood\u2014you grow up, get a job, pay your bills, and make art.\u201d Adamant about pursuing a creative line of work, she found the push she needed in a concert setting. \u201cI had a bit of an epiphany,\u201d she says. \u201cI went home and locked myself in my room for the entire summer and taught myself guitar.\u201d In 2008, she began performing around New York City with punk-rock band the French Exit before going solo. Based in Brooklyn, the Bright Smoke is currently touring the U.S. in support of her recently released\u00a0six-song EP, <i>Virginia Et Al.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/save\/\"><b>Subscribe to <\/b><b><i>M Music and Musicians<\/i><\/b><b>. $12 for one year &gt;&gt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BRIGHT SMOKE HOMETOWN: Chicago, Ill. INFLUENCES: Junior Kimbrough, the National,\u00a0Patti Smith ALBUM: Virginia Et Al. EP, out now WEBSITE: thebrightsmoke.bandcamp.com A former classical ballet dancer, the Bright\u00a0Smoke (n\u00e9e Mia Wilson) abandoned her career plans following a serious injury in training.\u00a0 So she shifted her interest to music, and credits her parents with encouraging her [&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":[7429,7436],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467"}],"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=12467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12469,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12467\/revisions\/12469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}