{"id":19053,"date":"2020-06-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2020-06-06T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T13:20:55","slug":"cover-me-roberta-finocchiaro-new-york-city-serenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/07\/cover-me-roberta-finocchiaro-new-york-city-serenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Roberta Finocchiaro: New York City Serenade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian singer-songwriter Roberta Finocchiaro (you might have caught her in her Light of Day appearances) just dropped her new album, <em>Saving Lives with the Rhythm, <\/em>and it&#8217;s terrific. \u00a0Check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/robertafinocchiaro\/featured\">here<\/a> or on your favorite music streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>But this morning, it&#8217;s her fantastic cover of &#8220;New York City Serenade&#8221; that has me grooving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHO55kfKwB4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;New York City Serenade&#8221; is a difficult song to cover, which is probably why so few artists have tried. 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