{"id":2779,"date":"2026-03-31T04:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:02:32","slug":"shelley-minson-dance-when-the-music-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/shelley-minson-dance-when-the-music-plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelley Minson &#8211; Dance When The Music Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shelley Minson\u2019s tribute to Golden Guitar Craftsman \u2013 Dance When The Music Plays\u000f(released 9 th March 2026)<br>Dance When The Music Plays is from Tamworth based country singer Shelley Minson and is dedicated to the man who made the iconic Golden Guitars \u2013 Noel Smith.\u000f\u000fThe song espouses the intrinsic values of honest hard-working Australian people and the joy of dancing \u2018when the music plays\u2019.\u000f\u000fShelley\u2019s multiple award-winning husband Lawrie produced the recording and co-wrote the song with Tamworth based musician Ben Thomas. Ben\u2019s distinctive banjo playing features throughout the track and takes the lead role at the end with a lively toe tapping jig.\u000f\u000fThe traditional instrumentation of the song is replete with A-List session musicians including Andrew Clermont and Garry Steel and emerging star fiddle player, Caitlin Jamieson. Lawrie\u2019s unmistakeable harmonica style shines through and is the perfect foil for Shelley\u2019s heartfelt vocals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shelley Minson\u2019s tribute to Golden Guitar Craftsman \u2013 Dance When The Music Plays\u000f(released 9 th March 2026)Dance When The Music Plays is from Tamworth based country singer Shelley Minson and is dedicated to the man who made the iconic Golden Guitars \u2013 Noel Smith.\u000f\u000fThe song espouses the intrinsic values of honest hard-working Australian people and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/shelley-minson-dance-when-the-music-plays\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shelley Minson &#8211; Dance When The Music Plays&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}