Jude Christodal was born outside of Boston where, aside from a few years in Washington State, he grew up. As a boy, he was sung to sleep by his father with a guitar he still plays.
Jude moved to Los Angeles sometime in '93/94. He took his degree in philosophy and applied it to several menial jobs while he played his music around Los Angeles, eventually catching the ear of BMG Songs and with his 1997 acoustic debut 430 N. Harper Ave., originally released on the Fish of Death label.
The inclusion of Jude's hauntingly beautiful "I Know" on the multi-platinum City of Angels soundtrack propelled him into the public consciousness. He followed with No One is Really Beautiful, his first album recorded with Maverick Records, which was released in 1998 and received a "Hell yeah!" from the music press. Jude hit the road with some other folks (Train, Ben Folds Five, Tori Amos, Better Than Ezra) in support of the album, then returned to the studio to do battle with the record company, who insisted on "putting their greasy fingerprints all over my songs." The result was King of Yesterday, which hit stores in September 2001, notably absent of "Cuba," a stand-out track telling the story behind the record.
In 2004 Jude released Sarah, a stark and beautiful cycle of songs describing a relationship from start to fall. People like it a lot. The record tops CDBaby's online chart for weeks. In April of 2005, Naive Records releases Sarah in France, where Jude will tour this year.
Jude weaves a unique experience at every show mixing his personal songs with spontaneous humor, storytelling skills, and his angelic, captivating voice. These days, he is busy in the studio preparing songs for film and television, completing the writing phase for a next record, and working on various group projects. Much more to come.
