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Artist: Chris Tomlin
Genre: Christian Rock
Latest Album: Live From Austin Music Hall
Background:
Chris Tomlin, a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Austin, Texas is a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to sixsteps records, Passion Conferences' division of Sparrow Records. One of the premier songwriters of today, Chris Tomlin is shaping the language of worship for generations present and future. And yet his gifts are rooted in one central truth, that God is the center of everything. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Tomlin's band, in which he performs vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, consists of Daniel Carson , Jesse Reeves, and Travis Nunn, the latter replaced John Owen Parish as drummer sometime in 2004.
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About Chris Tomlin
Credited with venerable church choruses such as "Forever," "We Fall Down," and "The Wonderful Cross," Tomlin is considered one of this era's top songwriters for the church with five songs in CCLI's Top 60 and four more in the service's Top 500. With millions singing his songs weekly, Chris is recognized as a pivotal voice of today's modern expression of Christian worship. Arriving rocks with inspiring, guitar-driven pop melodies reflecting the roots traditions of Austin, Texas, where it was recorded and home to the church Tomlin co-founded, Austin Stone Community Church. The project's raw, straightforward lyrics are knotted tight with hooks as big and broad as the Lone Star state sky.
He crafted nine of 11 songs for the record, including "How Great Is Our God," which Chris identifies as the anchor to Arriving. Already, Chris and the band are playing this anthem to crowds receiving it enthusiastically, as at a summer 2004 Willow Creek Arts Festival. The first radio single from Arriving will be "Indescribable," written by Laura Story. Producer Cash calls it "one of the best songs I've ever heard."Also included in this authentic offering: "Holy Is the Lord," a song debuted before some 20,000 at Passion's One Day03; "Unfailing Love," co-written with new friend Cary Pierce (Jackopierce) and recorded with Sparrow Records' Steven Curtis Chapman; and "Your Grace Is Enough," written by worship leader Matt Maher, his own songwriting inspired by Tomlin's. Tomlin will get the chance to extend Arriving's invitation this fall on a 70-city tour with 4-time GRAMMY, 47-time Dove Award-winning Steven Curtis Chapman. Already well known for his work with Passion, a ministry to college students nationwide, and for penning such classics-in-the-making as "Forever" and "We Fall Down," NOT TO US features all original songs written or co-written by Tomlin, who just finished up a fall 2002 tour with Rebecca St. James.
Illuminating the album's fundamental premise, "Famous One," a contagious declaration that Jesus is the supreme celebrity, has already connected in a very powerful way with live audiences nationwide and is destined to be a modern worship favorite for years to come. Tomlin's undeniable energy is charismatic and contagious. Avoiding the trappings of public performance, Chris stands beside the people he serves, raising his voice to God with them so that they share God's presence together.
