Ellie Holcomb – Roads Unknown

CCM: Your faith is so unwavering with regards to hope. Did you ever have days when you just didn’t want to get out of bed? What about other people who had experienced losses? Were you able to draw comfort from the experiences of others?
EH: There were many days I didn’t want to do anything! Absolutely. But last year I was so blessed to tour with Steven Curtis Chapman. We had several conversations about how he got through everything; how on earth he was able to tour and sing after losing Maria. He said, “I was on tour with Michael W. Smith and we would sing these old hymns during the middle of the show. These hymns would pull my soul out of the black pit of despair it was in. “It Is Well,” “How Great Thou Art,” “Blessed Be Your Name…”

Music is so powerful and it gives us a choice. I can choose to sing a song instead. I can choose to sing the faithfulness of God.

CCM: And you do it so well. There are so many other great songs on the project. Are any others as poignant to you as the title track and first single?
EH: There’s a cool story behind “Rescue” and “I Will Never Be the Same.” I wrote those with a group of eight other songwriters for YoungLife ministries; specifically for kids going to YoungLife camp.

No one planned on doing anything with them beyond the camp, but I loved the songs so much I went back to the group and asked if I could put them on the record. Almost all of us are singing on the album and we’ve donated all the publishing from those two songs to YoungLife.

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