Artist: Kevin Max
Album: Holy Night
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Style: Gospel/Christmas
Label: Northern Records
About:
Kevin Max is not a faker of art. After a long and successful career with group dctalk, he began his own musical odyssey with Stereotype Be, produced by Adrian Belew. Max brought together incomparable talents such as Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel) and Matt Chamberlin (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple) as well as Belew himself to create the ‘Alternative Pop, World Music’ masterpiece. iTunes praised the project as ‘warranting multiple listens’ and straying far from the expected pop formula that made dctalk a success. Since early 2000, Max has been adhering to the ‘road less traveled’ mentality.
After being dropped from his Christian music label (Forefront Records, label home to dctalk since 1989) he began to create independent projects through his own label ‘Blind Thief.’ Between the Fence and the Universe and Ravensongs 101 with Adrian Belew were released in early 2003 and were met with critical and alternative music praise. Max uprooted himself from Nashville and moved to Los Angeles, California, and began to write with such noted outsiders as Warren Cuccurullo of Missing Persons and Vandyke Parks. During a combination of performances at the world famous Viper Room club and a short stint at Off Broadway performances in The Technicolor Dreamcoat, he was approached by Northern Records to record his next full length album. Turning down an offer by John Kalodner of Sanctuary Records to become the new frontman for Journey, Max instead turned his talents to recording The Imposter.
The Imposter became a benchmark release for Northern Records and saw Max touring the project from the clubs of Sunset Strip to South America and Europe. Max soon became desperate for another musical shift and released the ‘blues gospel apparent’ The Blood, while moving back to his old hometown of East Nashville, Tennessee. Since returning to the clutches of Music City, he has released the EP Crashing Gates and is readying for release Cotes d’ Armor (true rebels), featuring production by UK electronic band Pop Will Eat Itself. For the past 2 years, Max has also been crafting a novel and graphic novel titled Fiefdom of Angels – a science fiction representation of the origin of angels.
Track Listing:
01. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
02. “The First Noel”
03. “Silent Night”
04. “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
05. “I Saw Three Ships”
06. “Greensleeves”
07. “What Child Is This?”
08. “Away in a Manger”
09. “O Holy Night”
10. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”
11. “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
12. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
13. “Joy to the World”
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