Faith Filled Family Magazine August 2016 | Page 96

Exclusive Q&A Session with
Artists
Lauren Daigle was nominated
for Female Artist of the Year,
Artist of the Year and Song of
the Year “First” – One of the
highlights of the evening was
Lauren Daigle getting a chance
to perform live with Swithfoot.
She described the experience
as a dream come true- she said
she nearly passed out when she
found out she would be singing
with Swithfoot. She described
them as incredible and how she
loves after all these years they
were able to keep their hearts
pure about their music and love
for God.

the presence in the room when
he passed was so real. It was
like I could reach out and touch
an angel. It was so profound
I remember asking my grandfather, ‘Hey do you see Jesus’
because he [her grandfather]
was calling out relatives names
that had passed. He said I don’t
see him up close but I see him in
a distance.

When the peace is so real, it’s
hard to grieve because you know
he’s in a better place dancing on
streets of gold and you know that
His love for us never changed
even though his position did. I
held on to that and recapped all
the memories of him. My family
and I actually started off the day
I asked Lauren about an inter- just thinking about him and the
view I recently saw online of how great memories we have of him
she had beautifully explained the and the stories that are coming
way she coped with the death out of his legacy.”
of her grandfather who she had
a close bond with. I asked her Plumb was nominated for Female
to elaborate on how she was Artist of the Year and Best Lyrics
able to cope and find peace in for her song, “Exhale”. I asked her
such a challenging time. She to elaborate on her latest album
responded, “My grandfather and she responded, “Exhale is a
passed away a few years ago response to our marriage crisis
right on Thanksgiving, two days and God redeeming it and just
before I started my very first tour, breathing undeserved grace and
the Jason Gray’s Christmas tour. exhaling it and sharing it, servI was so ready and amped to ing others, telling our story and
go on tour and he [her grandfa- letting God use that. The whole
ther] ended up unconscious for track is a response of the whole
a few days prior passing away. season we were in of restoration,
I remember thinking about miss- redemption, resurrection and
ing the first show, then I thought reconciliation And truly because
if missed this, my grandfather of our choices we deserved wrath
would be really upset. So I went and condemnation. We were
out and cried through the expe- completely selfish and a product
rience. There were moments of that was brokenness. Instead
when I was on the bus just think- of putting his finger in our face,
ing this is going to be a really God wrapped his arm around us
big transition. I will say, coping and forgave us. He didn’t just
looked different for me because give us another chance but gave
I didn’t actual grieve a time and us an exceedingly abundantly
the reason why was because bigger opportunity than before.

I’m just breathing it out in hopes
that people hear it. If they don’t
relate to a marriage crisis then
they can relate to other types
of crisis such as brokenness,
depression, anxiety, heartache
and trusting God to do something with that for a bigger purpose.”
Big Daddy Weave was nominated for Group/Duo of the Year
and Best Lyrics for their song,
“My Story”. The leader, Mike
Weaver, was very emotional as
he explained how his brother,
Jason was doing. Jason was
currently in ICU dealing with an
aggressive infection and recently
lost his feet.
Tears flowed as the talked about
how the song they just sung was
their song, My Story, with all of
their heart while Jason or as they
affectionately call him, “JayDog”
was on their mind.
Mike mentioned how he asked
his dad how he could be here at
the K-LOVE Fan Awards Show
and sing without his brother.
His father replied “because his
[Jason] story is not done yet”.
When asked what we could do
to help, Mike responded to pray
for God to kill the infection in his
body and to heal him.
For KING & COUNTRY (Luke
and Joel) was nominated for
Group/Duo of the Year, Best
Live Show, Song of the Year
for “Shoulders” and Artist of the
year.
Straight from a flight from a show
in Amsterdam, they talked about
how they manage to keep a balance in their busy lives. Luke