{"id":2069,"date":"2016-02-08T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/music\/video-samantha-church-creating-tension\/"},"modified":"2016-02-08T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:24:19","slug":"video-samantha-church-creating-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/video-samantha-church-creating-tension","title":{"rendered":"Video: Samantha Church \u2014 Creating Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-46583\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SamanthaChurch-sm.jpg\" alt=\"SamanthaChurch-sm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Church. Photo by Sander Roscoe Wolff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Singer, songwriter, and musician Samantha Church is visiting Long Beach through March, avoiding the winter weather in Charleston that makes busking difficult. With a background in theater, she crafts songs that she calls &#8216;3 minute plays&#8217; that, with her powerful, soulful voice and plunky banjo, reverberate across busy streets and in the hearts of passerby.\u00a0 In fact, after seeing her perform in front of Pine Avenue&#8217;s MADE in Long Beach, downtown artist and branding guru <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/mick-victor-beauty-from-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mick Victor<\/a> was so taken by Church that he called me up, insisting that I had to meet her.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Church speaks about her musical sisters and the challenges of busking in Chicago subways, in addition to sharing an original song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhjOt2zVtfQ?rel=0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about Church, including her newly recorded album, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SamanthaChurch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SamanthaChurch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer, songwriter, and musician Samantha Church is visiting Long Beach through March, avoiding the winter weather in Charleston. 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