Co-written with award-winning songwriters Michael Farren and Tony Wood, "Scarlet Thread" knits together millennia of Biblical imagery where blood red is the color of kindness, redemption, and love.
It has long been said that though the Bible is 66 books, it tells one story. Countless signs and symbols point to the promised Messiah, pictures and patterns all leading to the promised Redeemer and the work He accomplished on the cross. The new song “Scarlet Thread”, presented by Keith & Kristyn Getty with their guest, Zach Williams, poetically knits together scenes from scripture where blood red is the color of redemption and love.
For over a decade, Keith and Kristyn Getty have occupied a unique space in the world of music as pre-eminent modern hymn writers with hymns such as “In Christ Alone” among the 32 songs in the CCLI top 500 between the USA and UK. Born in Northern Ireland, the award-winning artists became the first musicians of the modern era to be given the OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for service to music and hymn writing.
They have become ambassadors for the genre, from their “Sing” book and Conference which welcomes over 15,000 people in Nashville every year, to performing for Presidents and Prime Ministers, a hymn tour and Christmas tour which plays annually at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center (as well as two TV specials on PBS and TBN), as well as founding a publishing company, record label, and online learning site for a new generation of writers and church musicians. Keith and Kristyn live between Northern Ireland and Nashville with their four daughters.
Zach Williams has become one of CCM's leading artists and songwriters by carving a niche with his singular blend of southern rock, country, and faith-filled songwriting, which quickly awarded him his first GRAMMY Award® with his debut album, 2017's Chain Breaker. Rescue Story followed in 2019, and in 2022 Zach returned with his third full-length album, A Hundred Highways. Zach and his family live near Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more about Zach Williams here.
