Brad Cooney Podcast

South Florida-based singer-songwriter Leah Dibut begins 2025 with a powerful new chapter in her career, releasing her latest single, “Thank You.” Blending her signature mix of pop and R&B with raw emotion and storytelling, Dibut’s new track delivers an empowering message of resilience and self-love.

“‘Thank You’ came from a very personal place,” Leah shared. “I went through a moment in my life where I felt impacted by someone in a way that shook me, and I knew I needed to write this song for myself. That purpose really comes through in the lyrics.”

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“I Know U Know” is a wonderful listening experience simply for the rich, beautiful, agile voice of ECHASL, a young woman from China, and the music. 

The track is at once a debut for her, a tease for the album, Little Black Sheep, and an intro to her wonderfully exotic mix of musical cultures and instruments.

“I Know U Know” is also a protest song.

“It’s against all types of discrimination, like sexism and racism. It’s based on a real historical story,” she said. The story is about the first Chinese woman recorded as having landed in the United states.

“But she was tricked, and she was sold to a circus in the United States, and, just like all the other animals, she was a show there. People would pay 10 cents for a ticket to see this yellow-skinned girl. This is the story that inspired me to write this song.”

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The Reckless is excited to share their newest EP, Who Are You, after a string of singles over the past few years. The titular track “Who Are You” is a powerhouse debut of their evolved sound and welcomes listeners to a new era of The Reckless.

Since its debut, the band has undergone a complete sound evolution. The Reckless began during the pandemic as a one-man show by frontman Fritz Fayman. Joined by talented musicians who shared his vision, Fayman soon welcomed bassist Michael Kennedy, who would become a mainstay member. During this period, the band released one EP, The Get in a Fight EP, while trying to strike harmony with fleeting band members. Soon after, they encountered Riku Myllykoski, who joined the group on drums. Within months, John Kelly joined on guitar to complete the group.

“Our sound has become more advanced with our current crew,” shares Fritz Fayman. “Everyone is doing more to the song—it’s not just me writing everything. Everyone is doing their parts, which allows for a blending of our styles. There is a level of humility amongst all our band members. We’re each figuring out what we’re good at and combining influences and sounds to reach our potential and continued potential.” 

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“We Were Golden,” written and recorded this year, is classic, as-good-as-it-gets 1960s California beach rock. It is many other things, also, including a yet-to-be golden oldie.

It is oldie gold alright, but melted down, re-refined and crafted into something brand new. Mike Mahoney, a California native, lived that time and, with his co-writer and producer David Blackburn, wrote it into the song. 

The track was released under Mike’s band name, Mikey’s In The Mustang. 

“I wanted to write a tribute song to Brian Wilson for all the inspiration gave us,” he said. “Not so much the cars and the surf songs but for the romanticism of being young – the true ‘California Sound.’”

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International R&B artist Will Preston invites listeners to explore a deeper facet of love in his latest single, “Merry Go Round.” With 20 years of singing and performing under his belt, Will welcomes fans all over the world to a new chapter of his career.

2024 is the year of Will Preston. From launching his first clothing label, My Best Interest Apparel, to releasing his new single, Will has taken personal setbacks as an opportunity to work even harder this year. At the beginning of 2024, Will unexpectedly lost his father, who was a devoted supporter of Will’s career. “It was ammunition to keep me going. My father would’ve been proud of what I’ve accomplished this year,” shares Will Preston. Now, approaching the tail-end of 2024, Will is excited to share his latest release, the single “Merry Go Round.”

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No More Lonely Christmas, the new album from ALYA, which was just dropped, is a fulfilment of the artist’s Christmas wish, embodied in the track that provides the name for the album.

The eight tracks feature ALYA’s versions of three classics, including a collaboration with Eric Clapton on “Silent Night,” and five original songs, including the title track, a fast, fun, hand-clapping, jazzy, pop love song.

“We wanted to create something that would be an updated version of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You,’ which is a song I really love, a Christmas classic, but we felt like it’s time for something new, fresh, cool, and ‘No More Lonely Christmas’ is the song that came out of the thought.”

Where Mariah’s song is a wish for a certain someone, ALYA’s song is the wish come true: 

I waited since forever
and now that we’re together
I feel the holiday cheer
Cuz I’ll never be alone on Christmas

“It was very fun to record,” she said. “There is a lot going on in the track.”

Piano, horns, clapping, drums all combine in a happy, joyful celebration of love and the season.

“It’s just a very, very good feeling song. I had so much fun recording it, and I really hope that everybody else will feel the joy, feel the love that I put in the song. I really believe that it has all the chances of becoming a new Christmas classic.”

The song is a perfect namesake for an album that carries the artist’s Christmas hopes.

“I wanted to put over so much love, so much good emotion, so much good energy that when you listen to the record you will feel like, no matter where you are, you are surrounded by your loved ones.”

“Little Drummer Boy” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” along with “Silent Night,” are the album’s three classics. Together, they constituted the EP she put out last year, Home for Christmas.

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SHYE, THE RUNNER UP 2ND PLACE WINNER OF SEASON 26 OF "THE VOICE" RETURNS TO THE BRAD COONEY PODCAST SHOW AND TALKS ABOUT HER AMAZING JOURNEY, FUTURE PLANS AND MORE!

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Portland, Oregon – Loraine, the multifaceted singer-songwriter originally from the Netherlands and raised in Belgium, is set to captivate audiences with her enchanting new single, "Magic Man," available now. The track is a potent preview of her upcoming EP, Power From Love, slated for release on January 3rd, 2025. Known for her unique blend of soulful electronic pop, Loraine’s latest release offers a magical journey into the power of creation and self-transformation.
"Magic Man" is a reflection of Loraine’s deep belief in the power to manifest and create one’s own reality. "It's about magic," she shares. "We can create our own life. We can create our own world. We have the power to do that." The song was born out of inspiration from Loraine's time as a nanny for four young girls who loved fairies and magical worlds, combining this with her musical influences at the time. The result is an uplifting track that blends fantasy with a grounded yet whimsical message. Jokingly, she adds that her husband now is convinced the song is about him, which adds a fun extra layer of interpretation to the song…

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Electro, like a lot of music, can make you want to sing along, or play the steering-wheel drum, or get a body part moving, but it generally works by first taking over your head and holding it still for the coming bombardment of sound.

So it is with “Culmination,” the sixth track this year, releasing on November 24, from Mundane Miracle.

“Listening to electronic music is like an explosion in your brain, with all these crazy things going on,” he said. “It just really sets your brain off.”

“I think, with all my songs, it’s kind of like a flow of consciousness,” he said. “It is trying to put out different sounds, and once I have a little base, then I try out different elements, listening repetitively to the song trying different elements.”

Mundane Miracle, is starting to put out the music that he has wanted to make since 2010, when he first heard Matthew Dear’s “I Can’t Feel.”

“Culmination” is somewhat different from the five other songs he has put out so far.

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