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This upcoming Friday sees the release of It's a Wicked Cool Christmas , a holiday compilation from Wicked Cool Records. The first single from the album is "Christmas with Me," a new single from Jessie Wagner featuring Rocco of the Snow. This is a great holiday single in the vein of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." It's a more updated sound than Darlene Love's classic, leaning into the genres of soul and R&B. Wagner takes a classic R&B sound and updates it just enough to avoid being a complete throwback. "Christmas with Me" is the kind of bright and upbeat song we need during the holiday season, especially this year.  Jessie Wagner says of her holiday single: “‘Christmas With Me’ is a fun, retro bop full of holiday cheer. Grab your favorite hairbrush turned microphone, throw on your reindeer pj's, and get ready to dance around the Christmas tree, singing this soon to be holiday classic.”  You can watch the lyric video for "C...

Photo by Drew Bordeaux There's just something about a good cover that we love here at If It's Too Loud..., and they don't get much better than Jessie Wagner's cover of Solomon Burke's 1962 song "Cry to Me." Wagner makes her version sound even more vintage than the original by adding more of a 60's soul sound to it along with some doo wop harmonies. It turns more of a downtrodden crooner classic into a more upbeat, poppy song. Wagner's "Cry to Me" is very 60's inspired, but it still sounds like a modern take of the classic that was inspired by the pop hits of that decade. Jessie Wagner says of her version of "Cry to Me:" “Ever since I saw Patrick Swayze gently sway Jennifer Grey in his beautifully sculpted arms to Solomon Burke's 'Cry To Me,' I was immediately obsessed with this sensual song. It continues to be one of my favorites, and I am ecstatic to release my take on this sexy classic.” You can listen to Jessi...