{"id":1472,"date":"2010-04-24T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maurice.vanderfeesten.name\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2010-04-24T17:42:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T15:42:07","slug":"natalie-merchant-sings-old-poems-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maurice.vanderfeesten.name\/blog\/natalie-merchant-sings-old-poems-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/natalie_merchant_sings_old_poems_to_life.html\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. 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