(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) – Word recording artist David Phelps announces the release of his first ever Christmas project with Word Records, entitled One Wintry Night: A David Phelps Christmas, hitting stores September 25, 2007, just in time for the holiday season. The album not only contains traditional holiday classics, but also new arrangements of Christmas favorites as well as six original cuts – all delivered with Phelps’ powerful signature vocals.
Crafted as a concept project, One Wintry Night takes listeners on an inspiring musical journey that explores all the joy and wonder that is Christmas. Phelps notes about the project, “We didn’t go out to find all the ‘Christmas Greatest Hits’ and then try to record them in our own style. Instead we tried to approach it as a solid record that just happened to have Christmas as its theme. While there are plenty of stand-alone songs on the album, it really is a concept project. From the moment you push ‘play’ until the last note of the last song fades away; I think you will get more out of it if you listen to it straight through.”
Seeing that Phelps’ popular Christmas tour has sold out concert halls nationwide for the past nine years, he did not experience dealing with a shortage of material in creating One Wintry Night. Rather, the challenge he faced was to create an album that is fresh, yet timeless, and captures the quintessence of Christmas. One Wintry Night accomplishes this mission with tracks ranging from Phelps’ a cappella rendition of the classic hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” to his take on Elvis’ “Blue Christmas,” to the six original songs including “One King,” a track penned by Phelps and recorded as a duet with Sonya Isaacs.
As one of the preeminent voices in Christian music, David Phelps has been wowing crowds with his powerhouse vocals as a member of the Gaither Vocal Band since 1996. Phelps, a Dove Award and GRAMMY® winning artist, will also be releasing the DVD No More Night: David Phelps Live in Birmingham along with One Wintry Night on September 25.
For more information, visit www.davidphelps.com and www.wordrecords.com.
Word Records is a part of Word Label Group, a division of Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb Company. The artist roster heralds some of today's top Christian music performers and songwriters including Point Of Grace, Mark Schultz, Building 429, Nicole C. Mullen and Stellar Kart. The Word Label Group leads the industry with over 50 years of music-making history.