"All the trees are bursting into bloom
Let’s shed our winter coats and frozen dreams
I could hide safe inside of my lonesome cocoon
but it’s a glorious Texas spring."

The opening lines of Christine Hand’s new single, “Glorious Texas Spring,” rejoice in the possibility of new beginnings. With her new album, "Book of the World," the Dallas singer-songwriter announces a fresh start of her own.

Christine Hand has been performing her gospel-infused folk-rock in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for over fifteen years. Now, she is releasing a new full-length studio album that has been ten years in the making. Book of the World appeals to fans of her acoustic folk-rock sound, but takes her music to a new level of maturity and vocal ingenuity. Christine’s EP, "Girl on a String," gave us a transition from her gospel roots to thoughtful lyrics with a folk-rock sound. "Book of the World" introduces a woman who has lived and loved. She sings with a passion and intensity that is reminiscent of Carole King but with the soul of Sam Cooke.

Book of the World releases in full on May 7, 2018, after a year-long roll-out of singles. The first single, “Glorious Texas Spring,” takes the wild Texas springtime as its muse, with a local flare that highlights Christine’s Fort Worth roots. Rather than the typical country sound of Nashville or the twangy blues of the south, Christine brings a fusion of gospel, country, and folk that lets us imbibe a little Texas. If you have never lived with the back-and-forth of tumultuous storms and sanguine big blue skies that is Texas in April, then listen to Christine’s vocal range in this song. It is at times strong and others gentle like a Texas spring or a lover’s embrace.

Born in Fort Worth, Christine has been singing, playing, and recording music since 1998. In the early days of Do-It-Yourself recording, she recorded and released three albums, sometimes burning CDs at home and putting the CD packages together in the car on the way to gigs at coffeehouses and churches across DFW. In 2011, she recorded her first studio project, the EP, "Girl on a String."

Her latest album, "Book of the World," sees all of creation as a text to be read, as she moves effortlessly between the local details of this world and the timeless wonders of the next. Her debut single, “Glorious Texas Spring” expresses the heart of the album:

"All I need are your arms around me
and the stars singing glory above.
All I know is the book of the world:
I read and believe in true love."

Christine Hand’s "Book of the World" unfolds creation’s story with every soaring note and layered lyric.