{"id":102096,"date":"2020-07-31T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=102096"},"modified":"2020-07-31T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:05:11","slug":"the-accidentals-release-sneak-peek-first-song-from-musikfest-2020-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=102096","title":{"rendered":"The Accidentals Release \u2018Sneak Peek\u2019 First Song from Musikfest 2020 Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Festival, which kicks off tonight, features 90 new, streaming sets by KT Tunstall, Robert Randolph &amp; more\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7-FPP9V7Is\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014As Musikfest (July 31-Aug. 9) gets set to kick off tonight at 7 p.m. EST, Michigan-based indie-folk trio The Accidentals have shared the first song from the 90-plus performances scheduled for this year\u2019s festival. The band will \u2018perform\u2019 tonight, July 31, 8 p.m., as part of a lineup that also features\u00a0Andrew Leahey\u00a0&amp; The Homestead, Shamarr Allen and Reverend Horton Heat.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The track, \u201cSlow and Steady,\u201d features The Accidentals\u2019\u00a0Sav Buist, Katie Larson and Michael Dause performing outdoors from their home studios in Michigan. The multi-instrumental, female-fronted trio released its debut, &#8220;Odyssey&#8221;, in 2018 and followed that up with a live album in 2019.\u00a0\u00a0The band has toured or performed with artists like Keller Williams, Gabriel Kahane and Martin Sexton.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many other artists offering sets during Musikfest 2020 are KT Tunstall, Robert Randolph, Rusted Root\u2019s Michael Glabicki and Low Cut Connie\u2019s Adam Weiner.\u00a0\u00a0The Virtual Musikfest streams start 7 p.m. EST at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.musikfest.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1596325604375000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIxQ0QiqIRrI5fcOZgfIcSTSlHUQ\">www.musikfest.org<\/a>\u00a0every night July 31-Aug. 9. Video eCommerce leader D\u00dcZY is partnering with the festival to help it raise $1 million during the 10-day event by allowing music fans to make donations during the concert streams.<\/p>\n<p>ArtsQuest, the nonprofit behind Musikfest, typically\u00a0presents 11 festivals and 1,000 concerts annually, with 50 percent of them free to attend, including Musikfest, the nation\u2019s largest free admission music festival. The organization, however, has been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 crisis, losing more than 90 percent of its traditional revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.musikfest.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1596325604375000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIxQ0QiqIRrI5fcOZgfIcSTSlHUQ\">www.musikfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sneak-peak.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}