Stevie Nicks Duets With Former NFL Player Jason Kelce: Listen
Stevie Nicks has duetted with former American football player Jason Kelce on a cover of the Ron Sexsmith song Maybe This Christmas. Listen to the track below.
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The song is taken from the former NFL player’s A Philly Special Christmas Party album, which will be released on 22 November to benefit Philadelphia charities.
The track is produced by Charlie Hall, who also drummed on it and told Stereogum, “I love Maybe This Christmas for so many reasons — the shape of the melody, the way the chords have their own melodic arc, the feel — but I love it most of all for its message of hope and forgiveness.
“While the holidays are about togetherness, it also offers a time for reflection and sometimes that means considering ‘someone we love, someone we’ve lost, for reasons we can’t quite recall…’ And in today’s day and age, it’s nice to think that, indeed, ‘maybe this year love will appear deeper than ever before.’
“I was really hoping this song would resonate with Jason when we were kicking around ideas for this record, and it’s clear from the way he inhabits that beautiful melody that it did. And to have Stevie Nicks, one of the all-time masters of emotional transference (and an all-time hero of mine) come in and amplify all this is such a dream. I love this duet so much.”
Executive producer Conner Barwin added: “There are no words to describe how incredible it is to have Stevie Nicks on this record. There is so much emotion in this song, and it was thrilling to be with them in the studio and watch her and Jason connect, be creative together, and witness this beautiful song become a reality.”
Last week, Nicks delivered a powerful performance of her most recent single, The Lighthouse, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The former Fleetwood Mac frontwoman’s performance was prefaced by the host referring to the track as an “anthem for women’s rights”.