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A Coons Family Christmas: Award-Winner Enlists Daughter for Homage to Mellencamp
With an immense musical repertoire, along with many awards and hits to his name, Canadian Roots-Rock artist Cory M. Coons has been making music independently for decades. His new Christmas single for 2022 is “I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus.” The song features his 8-year-old daughter Charleigh as a special guest, thus making the song even more memorable and special for the artist and his followers both. The production is an homage to John Mellencamp’s 1987 version from A Very Special Christmas.
Watch the video for “I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I79cqLULd0U.
Charleigh also appeared on Coons’ 2020 Christmas single, “Burning Bright at Christmas Time” and his 2021 single, “Far Away.”
ABOUT CORY M. COONS: As a Roots-Rock/Americana blend of singer-songwriter, Cory M. Coons has amassed more than 280,000 plays on Spotify.. His work with famed legendary record producer Ron Nevison, has earned him industry recognition from the Los Angeles Music Awards, the Producer’s Choice Honors, The Josie Music Awards, International Singer Songwriters Association and the Radio Music Awards, among others. Cory’s catalog boasts several critically-acclaimed full length albums and EPs, as well as a handful of well-received singles.
Cory’s influences are a collection of various genres like Melodic Rock, Roots-Rock and Americana, blended with hints of Country-Rock. He is a respected Freelance Guitar Instructor in the local St. Lawrence Seaway Valley, ON. Cory has opened and performed alongside such treasured National Canadian acts like April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Glass Tiger and David Wilcox. Cory was out this summer and will be appearing this fall & winter on select Eastern Ontario festivals and other venue dates, with his band CMC & the Dirt Road Gypsys.
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The trapheaux gracefully glides over in new release “Marble Floors”
Trapheauxly’s latest release, “Marble Floors,” is a smooth, seductive single that combines clean, complex rap verses with melodic R&B. The song’s production, soulful vocal harmonies, and steady rhythmic pulse create a luxurious yet emotionally grounded atmosphere. All of these elements work together to create this atmosphere.
The most impressive aspect of it is the way it shifts from a catchy melodic hook to a rapid-fire delivery of the lyrics. One moment, “Marble Floors” is silky smooth, and the next, it is razor sharp. This contrast is what gives the musical its identity.
When it comes to lyrical concerns of intimacy, devotion, and elevated aesthetics, the image of marble floors appears, time and time again, as a symbol of elegance and emotional weight. Trapheauxly is a polished package that combines style, substance, and value that cannot be denied in terms of replay value.
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NIHLNØTHING unleashes increased tides on new release “ocean” Power
NIHLNØTHING’s latest release, “Ocean” is a powerful, immersive single that defies classification as heavy music. The track sounds huge, punishing, and emotionally complex, as the title promises, drawing on post-metal, alternative metal, sludge, groove metal, metalcore, and deathcore.
A sense of depth makes “ocean” appealing. The song balances atmosphere and intensity like a violent current under calm waters. This track has towering sonic weight and textured melodic darkness, suggesting it can go from hypnotic tension to explosive release in a heartbeat.
Genre DNA enables NIHLNØTHING to create something expansive. It has sludge, groove, metalcore urgency, and a post-metal mood that’s probably more than aggression. NIHLNØTHING excels in contrasting crushing weight with atmosphere, chaos with control, and brutality with reflection. Balance distinguishes loud from powerful music.
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