{"id":36564,"date":"2025-01-22T12:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=36564"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:53:37","slug":"matt-oakley-is-proud-to-be-a-soldiers-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/matt-oakley-is-proud-to-be-a-soldiers-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Oakley is Proud to be a &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_62419\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJFA8WtLcAc?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><\/p>\n<p>Matt Oakley honors not only his father but all Gold Star families with new song<br \/>\nNASHVILLE, TN \u2013 &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; Matt Oakley commemorates military families in his new single, out now. &#8220;A natural-born storyteller&#8221; (Bethany Bowman, Tennessee Star), the deeply personal track depicts a powerful narrative of love, sacrifice and resilience, capturing the essence of life in a military family.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Oakley&#8217;s &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; is available now on all streaming platforms: http:\/\/orcd.co\/mattoakley-soldiersson<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I sat down to write Soldier&#8217;s Son, I wanted to capture what it was like being in a military family, while also highlighting the sacrifices many have given for this country,&#8221; states Matt Oakley, whose dad served as an Army officer. &#8220;My dad served for 22 years, and so I felt starting the song personal to me and allowing the verses to be intimate about my life left room for the choruses to elaborate on the patriotism and gratitude for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. This is a song I have dedicated to Gold Star families along with my own father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Oakley will perform &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; live for military members and their families at The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition.<\/p>\n<p>Life as a &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; has prepared Matt Oakley for life on the road as a touring artist, where he has shared the stage with artists like Big &amp; Rich, Bailey Zimmerman and more. Patriotism is woven into his career, as he&#8217;s performed AUSA events and military benefits including Patriots Fest in Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Oakley&#8217;s &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; will be available on all streaming platforms September 13. For more on Matt Oakley, follow him on social media @mattoakleymusic.<br \/>\nAbout Matt Oakley<br \/>\nGrowing up with a father in the military and an Alabama-raised mother, Matt Oakley not only embraced his upbringing with a career as a touring country artist, but is on his way to stardom. Always on the move, he has shared a stage with artists like Big &amp; Rich, Bailey Zimmerman, 3 Doors Down and Demun Jones, and has worked in the studio alongside industry titans like David Ray Stevens (Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson) and Phil Mosley.<\/p>\n<p>Infusing the art of storytelling in a country blend of southern rock and pop, Oakley has amassed over 2 Million streams on Spotify alone. His latest releases \u201cCan\u2019t Take The Dogs\u201d and \u201cSingle This Summer\u201d turned heads, resulting in features by CMT, The Heartland Network and CountryLine TV, roughly 200,000 YouTube views, and Spotify Editorial support on the coveted \u201cFresh Finds Country\u201d and \u201cAll New Country\u201d playlists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Oakley honors not only his father but all Gold Star families with new song NASHVILLE, TN \u2013 &#8220;Soldier&#8217;s Son&#8221; Matt Oakley commemorates military families in his new single, out now. &#8220;A natural-born storyteller&#8221; (Bethany Bowman, Tennessee Star), the deeply personal track depicts a powerful narrative of love, sacrifice and resilience, capturing the essence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","6":"category-country","7":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37405,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36564\/revisions\/37405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}