Will Steve Perry Sing With Journey Again?

One of the virtually iconic voices in stone & roll history, Steve Perry has captivated generations with the sheer power of his range and extraordinary warmth of his tone. As the latest turn in a phenomenal career that'south included landing on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list, fronting Journey during the band'southward most massively successful era, and gaining entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the legendary singer/songwriter now returns with The Season: an exquisitely curated holiday album that reveals him equally a flawless interpreter of the classic Christmas songbook.

Co-produced by Perry and engineer Thom Flowers, The Season embodies an immaculately arranged and richly nuanced sound inspired past such fourth dimension-honored holiday albums equally Nat Male monarch Cole'southward The Magic of Christmas. "All the songs on this tape were my favorites growing up," says Perry, who hails from Key California. "I used to hear them on the Philco radio that my grandmother always had on in the kitchen when she was cooking the most amazing holiday food, and because of that they concord a very emotional place in my heart. I wanted to make sure to record them all in a simple way that honors how I first heard and cruel in love with them every bit a child."

Mainly recorded at Perry'south home studio, The Flavour came to life in collaboration with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa) and Dallas Kruse (a multi-instrumentalist who as well worked with Perry on his acclaimed 2018 album Traces). While well-nigh of the album encompasses an understated sonic palette—piano, strings, upright bass—each rails leaves an indelible impact cheers to the soulful sincerity of Perry's vocal piece of work. "One of the things I love most about those traditional recordings is they're non coming at you like a rock song—they're just sitting there quietly and inviting you in," says Perry. "I'd never sung with that much simplicity before, and information technology was incredibly thrilling to bring that kind of expression to these songs."

Despite its heartfelt fidelity to the original fabric—a quality particularly striking on the album's beautifully tender bookends of "The Christmas Vocal" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"—The Flavor unfolds with plenty of surprising details that exhale new life into every song. To that end, "Winter Wonderland" merges its lush string arrangements with a Motown-inspired groove, while "Auld Lang Syne" arrives as a bittersweet piano ballad graced with choir-similar harmonies. On "What Are You Doing New year'due south Eve," The Flavour shifts into a jazzy reverie that lovingly nods to Ella Fitzgerald's version from 1960. And in a peculiarly poignant moment, "I'll Be Abode for Christmas" opens on a cascade of layered vocals that perfectly capture its mood of melancholy longing. "Equally I was singing that song, I closed my eyes and of a sudden constitute myself continuing in the doorway that looked onto the living room of my grandmother'southward house," Perry recalls. "Her Christmas tree was ever loaded with presents underneath, and covered with the tinsel that my mother and I put on to make the tree shimmer. I could meet that tree and then clearly in my heed, and then I opened my eyes and thought, 'Whoa—where did I just go?' At present everybody has passed of class, merely for only that moment I was home for Christmas."

For both artist and audience alike, The Season ultimately serves as a form of emotional fourth dimension travel, a direct conduit for the kind of memories that sustain the spirit and restore a sense of joyous serenity. "Music has ever been something that rescues me in hard times," says Perry. "I hope when people hear this record, they're teleported in the same fashion I was when I recorded all these songs—I hope information technology brings them back to those gilded moments with their loved ones, and gives them that feeling of joy and connection and condolement that we all need and then much."

TRACKS
i. The Christmas Vocal (3:31)
2. I'll Be Home For Christmas (2:46)
iii. Auld Lang Syne (two:06)
four. Winter Wonderland (3:eighteen)
five. What Are Yous Doing New year's Eve (3:57)
6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (iii:02)
7. Silver Bells (five:03)
8. Have Yourself A Merry Fiddling Christmas (ane:53)

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