{"id":12676,"date":"2016-03-15T15:13:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2016-03-15T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:19:29","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=12676","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Local Artists, Writers, &#038; Artisans Featuring: Bobby Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Valley Ledger is proud to put the spotlight on this weeks featured local artist Bobby Clark.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12678 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0992_01-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0992_01\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0992_01-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0992_01-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0992_01.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Born and raised in New Jersey, relocating to the rural Common Wealth of Pennsylvania in 1993 Bobby Clark is a New American Country\/Rock Recording artist\/song writer. Growing up listening to Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. Now his own music is captivating listeners from all ages and around the world. Bobby Clark mixes it up and has a distinctive high\/low vocal range that is very appealing to the listener\u2019s ear. On June 12th 2015 His Debut Album BOBBY CLARK &#8220;Play it Hard&#8221; was released to a sold out show. Recorded in Old Forge P.A. at SI Studios and produced by friend and band percussionist CHRIS CONDEL. The album covers all bases of the heart strings! Songs like OLD SPEEDWAY, YANKEE PLOWBOY, COWGIRL UP, PLAY IT HARD and CRANEY are being discovered and welcomed by listeners\u2019 worldwide. These songs and others could be heard on JANGO, SPOTIFY and other internet radio stations along with several download sites such as iTunes Music, CD Baby Music Store, Amazon.com etc. Signing with AMI Entertainment in January 2016, BOBBY CLARK \u201cPlay It Hard&#8221; can also be heard throughout the U.S. on all AMI jukeboxes. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12679 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0775_01.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0775_01\" width=\"700\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0775_01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0775_01-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Not only is his music mouthwatering, the show is just as appealing. His love for music, friends and family show in his personality and MUSIC! Bobby Clark was recently nominated in the Greater Lehigh Valley Music Awards for:\u00a0 Outstanding Male Artist, Best Album of 2015 (Play it Hard), Discovery Artist of the Year, Outstanding Song (Play it Hard), Outstanding Band, Outstanding Singer\/Song Writer, Outstanding All Around Performer and best Music Website. Playing over One hundred shows a year, check out this new upcoming artist check out BOBBY CLARK!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/bobbyclark?SourceCode=widgetbaby\" target=\"_blank\">www.cdbaby.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/play-it-hard\/id1016045005\" target=\"_blank\">www.itunes.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Play-Hard-Bobby-Clark\/dp\/B00Z1IQMD0\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1458068587&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bobby+clark+play+it+hard\" target=\"_blank\">www.amazon.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbyclarkplayithard.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.bobbyclarkplayithard.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/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":12677,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1024,69,1042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-in-the-valley","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PTR200_poster_3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12676"}],"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=12676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}