{"id":32617,"date":"2022-12-12T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=32617"},"modified":"2022-12-11T12:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T18:27:53","slug":"mark-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/mark-mackay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Mackay"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mark Mackay Releases Christmas EP, Announces Tour<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>NASHVILLE, TN<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0<strong>Mark Mackay<\/strong>\u00a0kicks off the holiday season with his brand new Christmas EP,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/s\/5j37DE9m4pNpBFzRktc6y0\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Mackay:<em><strong>\u00a0Christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Bringing the Christmas cheer, with some classic rock and roll infused with a country flair, the 3 tracks on the EP consists of one original, written by Mackay and multi-hit songwriter\u00a0<strong>Jeffrey Steele<\/strong>, as well as two Christmas classics.\u00a0<em>\u201cI always wanted to put out an original Christmas song but I felt it had to be fun and uptempo,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0shares the vagabond.\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cFinally got the right song! There are so many beautiful songs out for this time of year and this compliments the mood!\u201d<\/em>The\u00a0<em><strong>Christmas<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0EP accompanies his\u00a0<strong>Summer Slowdown Tour<\/strong>\u00a0with Christmas-specific dates this December in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Attendees with undoubtedly see why he was named one of\u00a0<strong>Music Connection Magazine&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0Top 100 National Live Acts, with his energetic magnetism and\u00a0<em>&#8220;blistering guitar solos&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0(<strong>Hollywood Life<\/strong>).<br><br><strong>Mark Mackay<\/strong>\u00a0is assuredly making this the most wonderful time of the year.\u00a0<em><strong>Christmas<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0EP is available now on all streaming platforms. Tickets for his tour are available at\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markmackayofficial.net\/tour\" target=\"_blank\">www.markmackayofficial.net\/tour<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Mark Mackay is certainly a phenomenal performer and this Christmas EP does not disappoint,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0states Dawn DeJongh, owner of Burning Ground Entertainment. For more on Mark Mackay, follow him on social media\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markmackay\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@markmackay<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Instagram and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@markmackayofficial\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@markmackayofficial<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Tiktok and Facebook.\u00a0<br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_63699\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJBXJJxsjho?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Mackay Releases Christmas EP, Announces Tour NASHVILLE, TN\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Mark Mackay\u00a0kicks off the holiday season with his brand new Christmas EP,\u00a0Mark Mackay:\u00a0Christmas. 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