JFH News: Ellie Holcomb's Debut Album Makes Year-End Lists

ELLIE HOLCOMB'S DEBUT ALBUM AS SURE AS THE SUN MAKES NUMEROUS YEAR-END LISTS

THIRD DAY ADDS HOLCOMB TO THEIR SOUL ON FIRE TOUR

NEWS SOURCE: Merge PR
January 22, 2015

NASHVILLE, TENN. - (22 January 2015) - Singer, songwriter and storyteller Ellie Holcomb has made numerous top year end lists in 2014 for her debut album As Sure As The Sun.

Buzzfeed released 2014's Top 15 Standout Albums and adds, "This is one of the most uplifting albums of the year," while As Sure As The Sun was listed on the Best of 2014 Critics' Choice Awards according to CCM Magazine. "As Sure As The Sun is a beautiful, triumphant album that will undoubtedly stand among this year's favorites," CCM Magazine shares with readers. New Release Tuesday named the album as one of the Best Albums of 2014 and FDRMX adds Holcomb's album as one of the best CCM releases of the year as well. Relevant Magazine listed Holcomb on their Best of 2014 podcast collection.

Holcomb will be joining Third Day this spring for their Soul On Fire Tour, visiting more than 20 cities. For the most updated schedule, please visit her tour page. In 2014, she shared the stage with Amy Grant as well as performed on David Crowder's Neon Steeple Tour and made various solo appearances with her husband's band, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors.

Holcomb also performed on the Todd Starnes All-American Christmas Special that aired December 22nd on Fox News Radio. It was a celebrity-packed special that included Holcomb, Chris Tomlin, Karen Kingsbury and more. Click here to view her performance.

ABOUT ELLIE HOLCOMB: Ellie Holcomb's debut LP As Sure As The Sun released February 18 to huge acclaim, hitting No. 2 its first week on the Christian chart and No. 1 the Christian genre on iTunes and at Amazon in its first week out. The album's first radio single, "The Broken Beautiful," hit No. 7 at AC Indicator, charted on AC Monitor as well as at National Christian Audience, and continues to be heard on stations across the country.

As Sure As The Sun (Full Heart Music) was produced by Brown Bannister and Ben Shive and has been touted as one of the top records of the year and a "must-have" album in everyone's music library. A review in the Examiner sums it up well, stating, "Holcomb sings her honest, vulnerable thoughts to God...There's innocence about her love songs to Jesus that is refreshing in an age when Christian artists seem to be trying too hard to sound overly worldy."

For more information about Ellie Holcomb, please visit EllieHolcomb.com

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