{"id":8112,"date":"2012-12-17T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2013-01-03T00:08:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T07:08:46","slug":"taylor-swift-holiday-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/12\/taylor-swift-holiday-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"TAYLOR SWIFT – Holiday Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TAYLOR SWIFT<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The 22-year-old shrugs aside mega success to focus on what matters most\u2014her growth as an artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SOUNDGARDEN<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>The seminal rock band\u2019s first studio record in 16 years proves they haven\u2019t forgotten how to rock.<\/p>\n

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JOHN HIATT<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>One of music\u2019s most revered singer-songwriters gets even more passionate about his work.<\/p>\n

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DONALD FAGEN<\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/strong>The Steely Dan co-founder finds new creative freedom and reward on his latest solo effort.<\/p>\n

PETER FRAMPTON<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Thirty-five years later, the ace guitarist can finally embrace his monster career achievement.<\/p>\n

NAS<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>After decades of success this hip-hop storyteller inspires artists to do the unexpected.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

26<\/strong> HOLIDAY INSTRUMENT
\n& GEAR GUIDE
\n<\/strong>From guitars to gadgets and gizmos, check out the latest must-haves for this holiday season.<\/p>\n

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Q&A \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

22<\/strong> AIMEE MANN<\/a>
\n<\/strong>For her latest album, the veteran singer-songwriter had to start back at square one.<\/p>\n

34<\/strong> LIFEHOUSE<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Experimenting with sound in the studio leads to a stylistic stretch on their latest album.<\/p>\n

50<\/strong> BENNY BLANCO<\/a>
\n<\/strong>He\u2019s the man behind monster hits for Rihanna, Katy Perry and Ke$ha\u2014and he\u2019s only 24.<\/p>\n

68<\/strong> MARTHA WAINWRIGHT<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Drawing on her enviable pedigree, the singer-songwriter finds inspiration in her family.<\/p>\n

GEAR \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

54<\/strong> <\/strong>Q&A: RECORDING DRUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

56<\/strong> TOP GEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

60<\/strong> REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEPARTMENTS <\/strong><\/p>\n

8<\/strong> SOUNDCHECK<\/strong><\/p>\n

12<\/strong> WHO\u2019S NEXT
\n<\/strong>Morgan James<\/a>
\n Zeiss<\/a>
\n Alisha Zalkin<\/a><\/p>\n

16<\/strong> SPOTLIGHT
\n<\/strong>Black Country Communion<\/a>
\n Ryan Bingham<\/a>
\n Keyshia Cole<\/a>
\n Kylie Minogue<\/a>
\n Paul Kelly<\/a><\/p>\n

70<\/strong> REVIEWS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

75<\/strong> INDIE SCENE
\n<\/strong>Victor Wooten<\/a><\/p>\n

78<\/strong> BEHIND THE<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLASSICS
\n<\/strong>The Kinks<\/a><\/p>\n

80<\/strong> ENCORE
\n<\/strong>Blondie<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAYLOR SWIFT The 22-year-old shrugs aside mega success to focus on what matters most\u2014her growth as an artist.   SOUNDGARDEN\u00a0–\u00a0The seminal rock band\u2019s first studio record in 16 years proves they haven\u2019t forgotten how to rock.   JOHN HIATT\u00a0–\u00a0One of music\u2019s most revered singer-songwriters gets even more passionate about his work. DONALD FAGEN\u00a0 –\u00a0The Steely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112"}],"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=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}