Wow.
It was great having Jill Phillips and talented (and witty) husband Andy
Gullahorn join us for the first time. With a capacity crowd of 77
people, we enjoyed a particularly "close" fellowship with one another.
Jill is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who got her start in the business after graduating from Belmont University in 1998. Her guitar based folk-rock sound combines with rich, insightful lyrics that deal with age-old topics in new and fresh ways. Her self-titled debut album on Word Records was produced by grammy-award winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick (“Change Your World” recorded by Eric Clapton) also known for producing such artists as Amy Grant, Garth Brooks and Susan Ashton.
Jill's newest release, The Good Things, released late last year, centers around themes of family, relationships and faith. "This record feels very personal to me", she says. "There is a song about marriage, a song for my children, a song about a lack of communication with a friend, things that are huge in my life but things I have never found a way to write about. Maybe it just wasn't the right time, but after the birth of my son in 2007 I felt this new urgency and passion to write about these things. Each opportunity I have to make a record is a gift and I really wanted to give this one my all."
Visit Jill's web page here, or catch the performance below: