Bio

Jude Christodal was born outside of Boston where, aside from a few years in Washington State, he grew up. As a boy, his father sung him to sleep with a guitar Jude still plays.

Jude moved to Los Angeles in '94. He took his degree in philosophy and applied it to several menial jobs while writing and playing his music around Los Angeles. His performances caught the ear of BMG Songs and his 1997 acoustic debut 430 N. Harper Ave. was 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. Released in 1998, it received a "Hell yeah!" from the music press. Jude hit the road with some other folks (Train, Ben Folds Five, Tori Amos, Chris Isaak) 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" his 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 topped CDBaby's online chart for months and remains one of its all time bestselling discs. In April of 2005, Naïve Records released Sarah in France, where Jude toured extensively in support of the record.

Jude weaves a unique experience at every show. Described as a "songwriter's songwriter," he mixes his performances with spontaneous humor, storytelling skills, and his angelic, captivating voice. Currently he is busy in the studio preparing songs for film and television and finishing his next record due for release this summer.