You Shine - Brian Doerkson

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Reviews Main | E-mail Us | About Us Music Search Home > Music > Reviews E-mail this page enter here Printer version Features Brian Doerksen Artists RSS Feeds Reviews You Shine Interviews (Hosanna!/Integrity) Music Features Commentaries Released September 2002 Music Reviews Music Store reviewed by Russ Breimeier Upcoming Releases Glimpses of God SUBSCRIBE! News Sounds like … very much like Winds of Worship 12 – Live from London and Hungry, on which Brian played – sophisticated Positive, Practical, & We Recommend contemporary worship with a little bit of Celtic thrown in. Uplifting Editors' Choice Best Albums of 2005 At a Glance … You Shine is a terrific worship album that Our "Best-Of" Archives thoughtfully combines traditional and contemporary worship Community elements into a beautiful praise offering to the Lord. Your Feedback Message Boards Odds are you're already familiar with the vocals and Free Music Newsletter songwriting of worship leader Brian Doerksen (pronounced "durk-son"): "Refiner's Fire," "Light the Fire Current Again," and "Come Now Is the Time to Worship" to name

Reviews a few. In the late '90s, the British Columbia native • Risk-free trial issue • Jeremy Camp: served as a key leader at Vineyard UK and was one of • Give A Gift Subscription Beyond Measure the driving forces behind Winds of Worship 12 – Live • newsboys: Go From London and Hungry. If you liked those two • Kelly Price: This Is landmark worship albums, you won't want to miss this Who I Am • Sonicflood: 65-minute live recording from Dublin, Ireland. Those who Glimpses: Live aren't acquainted with the albums mentioned above also • Ceili Rain: will appreciate Brian's contemporary worship songwriting, Whatever which is on par with Matt Redman and Darlene Zschech. Makes You Dance • The Blair Band: You Shine bears a strong resemblance to Vineyard Celtic Sessions music's finest Winds of Worship projects, with more of a Current Celtic European pop influence. The album begins in a Features traditional manner with a boy soprano singing an Introit, Interviews: in this case the chorus of the title track, which follows. • Amy Perry "You Shine," inspired by Isaiah 51:12-13, includes the • Newsboys moving lyrics: "Why should I fear man when you made • Robert Randolph the heavens? / Why should I be afraid when you put the • Chris Tomlin • Jared Anderson stars in place? / Why should I lose heart when I know • Jonny Lang how great you are? / Why should I give up when your • Mark Schultz plans are full of love?" Both this song and "Hope of the • Audio Adrenaline Nations" are enjoyable pop/rock anthems with catchy

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melodies. "I Am Convinced," written by Brian and MUSIC DEVOTIONS Commentaries Vineyard UK worship leader Brenton Brown ("Lord Reign for teen girls • Worship Music: "I" in Me"), nicely combines strong rock verses with a Tunes? melodic pop chorus and a Celtic-styled bridge. Even more Glimpses of impressive is the way the two writers blend together two God: scripture verses, Romans 8:38-39 and Ephesians • Live 3:17-19. A lesser songwriter would have stopped with a Devotions based on • Bob Dylan single scriptural reference adapted to music. Brenton and stories from Christian Brian effectively use both verses to hammer home the music's top female Other: artists • Christmas Music message of God's love and the security we can find in his Wrap-Up 2006 arms. Sale price: • Favorite Worship $4.95 Albums of 2006 Another effective Brian and Brenton collaboration is the download now! popular "Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing)," which Artist Pages sounds fresh and joyous in this rousing Celtic-flavored rendition that's not unlike the music of Ceili Rain. Most Popular "Faithful One," one of Brian's first recorded songs, also is Search by Name • Michael W. Smith given new life in a terrific duet with Kathryn Scott, the • Chris Tomlin enter name • Casting Crowns UK worship leader known for "Hungry" and her rendition • David Crowder of "Breathe." The simple worship song builds effectively Or use: Band from a gentle acoustic guitar to a powerful rock ballad Advanced Search to • MercyMe sound, with a knockout performance by Kathryn that only search by major, • Third Day confirms that she also should release a solo album. region, cost, • Delirious Brian's classic "I Lift My Eyes Up (Psalm 121)" is given a affiliation, • Relient K enrollment, more! • Shawn McDonald rhythmic treatment similar to "Better Is One Day." • Jeremy Camp • P.O.D. There are so many highlights on You Shine, but I'm sure Shopping Mall • Mark Harris most will appreciate the beautiful balladry. The ChristianBook.com atmospheric "You Surround Me" has a melody as Music CDs|Downloads New/Updated beautiful as "Draw Me Close," and it features Irish Books|Videos|Gifts • Adie Bible Studies • Fernando Ortega worship leader Kim McKevitt whispering Gaelic lyrics that echo Brian's singing, resulting in an intimate and Christianaudio Books • Jared Anderson Christian History • Jeremy Camp prayerful sound. Brian's hymn-like "With All My Classifieds • Jonny Lang Affection" is a simple acoustic worship chorus that's as Leadership Training • Nevertheless meditative and memorable as "Take My Life (Holiness)" Small Group • newsboys Resources • Phillips, Craig & and "Refiner's Fire." Then there's the quiet "Your Dean Faithfulness," which Brian wrote in response to his two Featured Items • Pillar children's medical disabilities. The honest lyrical • Skillet expression of faith is impressive: "I don't know what this • Smokie Norful day will bring / Will it be disappointing or filled with • The Swift longed for things? / I don't know what tomorrow holds / Still I know I can trust your faithfulness." Poll Which of this year's Good Monsters I appreciate that Brian is practical in his experimentation by Jars of Clay new Christmas with worship songwriting. For example, the astute albums sounds most Reg: $17.98 appealing to you? worship leader rightly notes that it's considerably easier Now: $12.99 to write a song of praise for a congregation to sing than • Todd Agnew a song of lament. Nevertheless, Brian successfully • Moya Brennan tackles the latter with "Psalm 13 (How Long)." Songs of • Go Fish lament certainly aren't new to worship, but they aren't • Hillsong Australia • Israel & New Breed common, and I'm impressed someone took the • Mary Mary challenge, recognizing that worship need not always be Lifesong • Kevin Max joyful. Horatio Spafford, author of "It Is Well" knew this by Casting Crowns • NewSong all too well when he wrote that beloved hymn in Reg: $17.98 • Sufjan Stevens response to the death of his four daughters in a tragic Now: $12.99

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• Third Day shipwreck. Brian covers that hymn on this album in a • Matthew Ward folk-country-tinged arrangement that features harmony • The Christmas to by his father Harry, who was one of The Ambassador Remember • The Nativity Story: Singers. There's also ingenuity in the way Brian closes Sacred Songs the album with an acoustic rendition of his popular • Son of the Most "Come Now Is the Time to Worship." I've thought about High: Songs from the closing my own worship services with this song before, Voice, Vol. 2 but never had the guts. Brian backs up the idea by noting Take the poll that worship goes beyond the sanctuary doors; it's an invitation to take what we may have learned during HOLIDAYS & church to the world outside. Can I get an "amen" to that? EVENTS • CTI Celebrates 50 Years! There's a definite theme on You Shine of seeking peace HOT ISSUES: and refuge in the Lord in times of uncertainty. Don't get • Israel-Lebanon the wrong idea. This album is anything but a downer and Conflict often is a joyful listen, but it's also rather contemplative at times. I think it's a terrific response to the 9/11 Related tragedy and a source of strength to anyone wrestling with Channels personal trials. Backed by a talented and expressive Teens band, Brian Doerksen has a gift for instantly catchy lyrics Men that never seemed clichéd or repetitive. This is a well Women Singles thought out worship album that has more to say than Today's Christian simply "Lord, I worship you," even when Brian uses those very words on "With All My Affection." You Shine is Free Newsletter Media Guide the perfect blend of traditional and contemporary worship Sign up for the Music Books & Culture elements, warranting the attention of anyone who has an Connection Newsletter: Movies affection for music that directly glorifies God. Holidays & Hot Topics your e-mail Fun & Games Brian Doerksen You Shine (Hosanna!/Integrity) Released September 2002 reviewed by Russ Breimeier

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