{"id":87561,"date":"2020-05-14T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=87561"},"modified":"2020-05-14T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:14:13","slug":"week-3-winner-of-yoknapatawpha-arts-council-the-local-voices-social-distancing-song-writing-challenge-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/week-3-winner-of-yoknapatawpha-arts-council-the-local-voices-social-distancing-song-writing-challenge-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 Winner of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council & The Local Voice’s “Social Distancing Song Writing Challenge” Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The votes are in and the third winner of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council<\/strong> & The Local Voice<\/strong>‘s “Social Distancing Song Writing Challenge” is… The Kites <\/strong>with their song, “Storms”!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 3 featured the Mississippi songwriters Randy Weeks<\/a><\/strong> with “The Unique Solution”, Gabriel Bass<\/a><\/strong> with “Calling Collect”, The Kites<\/a><\/strong> with “Storms”, Meg Gousset<\/a><\/strong> with “Guess How Much I Love You”, and Brady Hoggard<\/strong><\/a> “You (The California Girl Song)”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each artist submitted a homemade video of their songs being played live from home. The videos were then edited by Antonio Tarrell<\/strong> into one twenty minute program<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TLV and YAC then put the call out to Mississippi music fans to watch the program from a safe, social distance, and vote for their favorite song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Social Distancing Songwriting Challenge seeks to help artists gain new fans and a wider audience in Mississippi and worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voting for the Finalists of the Songwriting Challenge is now open! The winners from each week are going head to head for a grand prize. See who are the finalists and vote for you favorite song here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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