{"id":19,"date":"2009-10-02T18:03:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T22:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erichester.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2009-10-07T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T18:53:56","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cHis songs are a mix of seriousness and silliness&#8230;the lyrics are smart and engaging&#8230; his mix of acoustic and electric and mandolin will appeal to folk fans and pop lovers alike.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Wisconsin State Journa<strong>l<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHester\u2019s style combines the smooth flow of many contemporary folkies with an edgy lyrical and playing style&#8230; but there\u2019s also humor&#8230; trust me, it works great.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Reno Gazette-Journal<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Not nearly enough has been said about Eric Hester&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Portland Songwriters Association<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201c&#8230;the feel good musician of the year!\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Syracuse Herald American<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Eric Hester has crafted an edgy alt-rock album that is at once whimsical and serious. Hester strikes the balance as few singer-songwriters can. Full of sardonic wit, &#8220;Red&#8221; ought to please fans of Robyn Hitchcock&#8217;s &#8220;I Often Dream of Trains.&#8221; &#8211; <\/em>Listeners Choice.com<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;there&#8217;s no doubt that Red is a debut from a major talent.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Chris Nickson, Music Editor-Amazon.com<\/p>\n<p><em> &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen this guy play live before, and it&#8217;s an amazing sight. He takes risks, has immaculate taste&#8230;and never fails to affect his audience.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Music Critic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Portland Songwriters Association<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>1997 Winner \u201cSong of the Year\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1997 Winner \u201cBest Performer\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1998 Winner \u201cAmericana Song of the Year\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1999 Winner \u201cBest Song\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1999 Winner \u201cBest Performance\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAW 15th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Honorable Mention Folk Music Category<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Woody Guthrie Folk Songwrting Contest<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>1999 Finalist<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon.com Emerging Artist<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 2000<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHis songs are a mix of seriousness and silliness&#8230;the lyrics are smart and engaging&#8230; his mix of acoustic and electric and mandolin will appeal to folk fans and pop lovers alike.\u201d &#8211; Wisconsin State Journal \u201cHester\u2019s style combines the smooth flow of many contemporary folkies with an edgy lyrical and playing style&#8230; but there\u2019s also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erichester.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}