Canadian singer-songwriter Cory M. Coons has released - I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus - featuring a vocal from his daughter Charleigh.

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. The production is an homage to John Mellencamp’s 1987 version of A Very Special Christmas.

Cory M. Coons is a professional independent performer, musician, and award
winning songwriter from Eastern Ontario, Canada, just south of Ottawa. With over 30 years of experience in music, it has been his passion since his early teens as a guitar player/bassist & singer in High School, and shortly after while traveling and performing in a variety of very popular cover bands throughout the mid-to-late '90s in both Ontario and the United States in well known local high-energy acts such as Heads Or Tales and Shake The Tree, as well as the band U.S, (which toured most of the South Eastern United States in 1998’). Then later formed his own Classic-Melodic Rock influenced band Tycoons”, releasing two independent recordings and performing throughout Eastern Ontario, Northern NY State, and Quebec in the early 2000s

http://www.corymcoons.com/

"JP & Ekat is a more-than-worthy successor to the Everblue CD. KRVM played Everblue heavily - now there's more heavy airplay ahead for JP & Ekat."

Johnny Etheredge - Programming, Development Staff at KRVM 91.9 FM - Public Radio in Eugene, OR, USA

"Love to say it was a cd of the week in my show. Something they surely deserved. Find out why and listen to the cd whenever you get the chance"

John van Lent - Living Room Blues

"....She (Ekat Pereyra) adds a new element to an already solid band. JP & Ekat is a great album!"

Kevin Hardy - Host - The Main Street Blues - Kansas City Online Radio.

"...it is superb. You two blend voices beautifully especially on Honeychild and the guitar playing is really rocking."

Antoine Magliano - Past Show Host - "Strings Attached" - WJFF 90.5fm - Radio Catskill

JP Williams’ music just keeps getting better. This fruitful collaboration with Ekat Pereyra merits attentive listening. merits attentive listening.

from “The Professor of The Blues”, Walter M. Dubiel, DJ, Blues in the Night

"You got some killer blues tunes on this new album."

Greg G, host of RCBC Blues Radio

Newspapers
“.....bluesman lets original music shine on new studio record”
— Added on January 10, 2018 By Matt Mattei - [email protected]

CD Review - JP & Ekat CD
JP is a fine story teller on this entertaining follow-up to his highly acclaimed “Everblue”.



Richard Ludmerer - Making a Scene Magazine - March 7th, 2021

“Williams’ opens with a great vocal performance on the “Cigar Box Boogie” featuring Eddie “The Harp” Czarkowski and the song reminds me of “Canned Heat”.”
— Richard Ludmerer Making A Scene CD REVIEW: "Everblue" by JP Williams

CD Releases


JP & Ekat - Just released Feb 2021

Everblue - Sept. 2018 - Top 10 RMR Top Blues Album - Charting #43 Roots Music Top Blues Songs - 2019
Single "Cigar Box Boogie" #1 on RMR Top Blues Songs Chart 05/25/2019 - RMR Top Blues Songs for 2019 - #4

Stolen Cadillac - Nov. 2017
Smokin' Hot - Sept. 2017
Mixed Bag - July 2016

Awards & Nominations
Billtown Blues Association 2021 BEST SELF PRODUCED CD WINNER

Steamtown Music Awards
Winner - Best Blues Act 2016

Winner - Eddie The Harp - Best Sideman - 2018

Nominations

Best Blues Act - 2018, 2019 & 2020

Best Guitarist - 2017

Selected as a semi-finalist in the 2019 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)

Song - "Cigar Box Boogie"

‘Women Of The Blues: A Coast-To-Coast Collection’ is curated by Lynn Orman Weiss, a photographer, broadcast journalist and founder of the Women of the Blues Foundation, is a tribute to the Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009). The show features over 80 photographs of ‘Blues Women’ of all ages and ethnic backgrounds who represent Blues styles ranging from Southern Soul Blues to Chicago Blues and Rock Blues. This traveling exhibition was created to honor these soulful singers of truth who embody the essence of the blues, the photographers who photograph them, and to perpetuate Blues culture for future generations of artists, fans and historians.
“I love photographing and collecting pictures of Blues women, recording their emotions, their beauty, and their visceral expressions exuding from their souls,” says exhibit curator, Lynn Orman Weiss. “When we get together at an awards show or festivals it is a great sisterhood. It is my vision that this exhibit captures the heart of the observer and gives them reason to find out more about these extraordinary performers.”
The voices of Blues women are strategic to the social landscape of our lives. Each singer is a unique artist reflecting her culture, community, and hometown. They transcend the sadness and challenges of life in a world of harsh realities through the healing power of music. Inspired by the Women’s Suffrage, Social Justice and Civil Rights movements, Lynn Orman Weiss invited photographers from around the world to share their poignant and powerful images of these extraordinary women. Photographed at festivals and venues across the nation including The Chicago Blues Festival, The Maui Sugar Mill club in Los Angeles, The Blues Cruise on the Caribbean, and The Briggs Farm Festival in Pennsylvania, they told their story of each artist as interpreted through their cameras.

Brigitte Purdy - "Still I Rise" & "Time For Love " & More....

BLUES MUSIC SERIES: BRIGITTE PURDY 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

June, 10th (Friday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

LOCATION

Epiphany Center For The Arts: The Sanctuary

201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

EVENT DETAILS

BLUES MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS: BRIGITTE PURDY

DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2022

DOORS: 5 PM FOR GOLDEN HOUR

SHOWTIME: 7:30 PM

TICKETS: $20 - GENERAL ADMISSION | $50 - VIP (TABLE FOR 2, FIRST 3 ROWS)

Brigitte Purdy The Sanctuary June 10, 2022 7:30 PM

Interview w/ Johnny Burgin, after the show!

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