When you say the name Chris Tomlin, it’s likely that a catalog of great music from over the last two decades immediately comes to mind.
Recently, Tomlin sat down for a rare interview with Christian Headlines to talk about his new album and to offer some insight on what he has learned over the last two decades.
Tomlin’s new album, Chris Tomlin & Friends, came out on July 31, but the Grammy Award winner shared that a year ago, the collaborative album could not have exists because “I didn’t know any of these people a year ago.”
Chris Tomlin & Friends is Tomlin’s 13th studio album. It has a cast of some of country music’s greatest artists from Lady A to Florida Georgia Line.
This is where the story starts for this album. While on vacation, Tomlin decided to go to the gym. While there, he recalled, he ran into Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line.
Little did Chris know that Tyler had been a fan of his for years and even used some of Tomlin’s music when he led worship while attending Belmont University. This, Tomlin shared, is when things for the new album started to fall into place.
Tomlin would connect with other artists who would come to be featured on the album – which debuted at number on the Billboard charts – in similar ways.
For many of Tomlin’s fans, they may not be aware of his roots. Tomlin grew up in East Texas where he was surrounded by country music. “I…
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