Carolyn Arends

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Carolyn Arends
Birth nameCarolyn Bernice Jonat
Born (1968-02-26) February 26, 1968 (age 56)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Contemporary Christian
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, producer, author
Instrument(s)vocals, guitar
Years active1995–present
Labels Reunion, 2B, Signpost
Website carolynarends.com

Carolyn Arends is a Canadian contemporary Christian musician, songwriter, and author. She is based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

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Musical career

Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Music Publishing. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release that year (I Can Hear You) was released through Reunion Records. I Can Hear You reached No. 37 on Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Christian Chart in 1996. Feel Free peaked at No. 10 on the chart in 1997. [1] More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music. She is the winner of two Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and six GMA Canada Covenant Awards. Carolyn co-hosted the 29th Annual Covenant Awards in 2007 (with Leland Klassen) and the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in 2009 (with Arlen Salte). [2]

Discography

Albums

I Can Hear You(review [3] )

  • Released: August 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Reunion Records
  • Producer: Brown Bannister
  • Chart position: No. 37 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
  • Tracks: "This Is The Stuff", "I Can Hear You", "Seize The Day", "Altar of Ego", "Love Is Always There", "Reaching", "The Power of Love", "You Take My Soul By Storm", "What I Wouldn't Give", "Home Fires Burning", "All Is Well"

Feel Free(review [4] )

  • Released: March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Reunion Records
  • Producer: Brown Bannister
  • Chart position: No. 10 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
  • Tracks: "Do What You Do", "New Year's Day", "Feel Free", "There You Are", "This I Know", "Big Deal", "Last Thursday (Call Me Crazy)", "Do We Dare", "Good Thing Going", "Father, Thy Will Be Done"

This Much I Understand(review [5] )

  • Released: March 22, 1999 (1999-03-22)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Reunion Records
  • Producer: Dan Marnien and Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "Happy", "Life Is Long", "Go With God", "Life And Death", "The Day Will Never Come", "Surprised By Joy", "One-Syllable Words", "Even The Wallflowers", "In Between", "Love You Out Loud", "In Good Hands", "We've Been Waiting For You"

Seize the Day and Other Stories(review [6] )

  • Released: April 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Reunion Records
  • Producer: Brown Bannister, Dan Marnien, Carolyn Arends, Brad Crisler, Russ Long
  • Tracks: "They'll Know We Are Christians", "What Love Looks Like", "Seize the Day", "New Year's Day", "The Power of Love", "Reaching", "Do What You Do", "This Is The Stuff", "Happy", "Father Thy Will Be Done", "We've Been Waiting For You", "Seize the Day" (live) (duet with Mac Powell), "This I Know" (live), "There You Are" (live), "I Can Hear You" (live), "Go With God" (live)

Travelers(review [7] )

  • Released: October 15, 2001 (2001-10-15)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Signpost Music
  • Producer: Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "Eternity in Our Hearts", "Travelers (The Airport Song)", "Dance Like No One's Watching", "What We Hope For", "It's Out of My Hands", "Only Love", "River of Love", "Loving You", "I Believe", "It Has To Be You", "(I Wanna) Go Somewhere With You", "Do Not Be Afraid"

We've Been Waiting For You(review [8] )

  • Released: April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 2B Records / Signpost
  • Producer: Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "Moving", "Come Anyway", "The Thought of You", "Don't Forget Where You Came From", "Your Father in Heaven", "We've Been Waiting For You", "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman", "Even The Wallflowers", "Be God's", "Forever Young"

Under the Gaze(review [9] )

  • Released: October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 2B Records / Signpost
  • Producer: Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "This Is The Moment", "Great Cloud of Witnesses", "Not A Tame Lion", "Any Given Sunday", "Getting Ready For Glory", "Under The Gaze", "Your Laugh", "Half A Million Reasons", "Fragile", "Who You Are", "Only Time Will Tell", "May You Live"

Christmas: An Irrational Season(review [10] )

  • Released: November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 2B Records / Signpost
  • Producer: Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "The Irrational Season (Prelude)", "Come And See", "Do Not Be Afraid", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Is Bethlehem Too Far Away", "Now in Flesh Appearing", "My First Christmas", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "The Lord's Servant", "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus", "A Christmas Blessing", "The Irrational Season (Postlude)"

Simply Carolyn Arends

  • Released: June 2005 (2005-06)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Provident-Integrity
  • Tracks: "Power of Love", "Go With God", "Seize That Day", "I Can Hear You", "Feel Free", "Reaching", "In Good Hands", "Surprised By Joy"

Pollyanna's Attic(reviews [11] [12] )

  • Released: May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 2B Records / Signpost
  • Producer: Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "Just Pretending", "Something to Give", "What in the World", "The Wasteland", "Land of the Living", "To See Your Face", "Everybody Wants Everything", "More is Less", "Free", "No Trespassing", "Not Alone", "I've Got a Hope"

Love Was Here First(review [13] )

  • Released: 2009 (2009)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 2B Records / Signpost
  • Writer: Carolyn Arends
  • Producer: Roy Salmond, Carolyn Arends
  • Tracks: "Be Still", "Standing in the Need of Prayer", "My Favourite Lie", "Something out of Us", "I am a Soul", "Willing", "Roll it", "The Last Word", "According to Plan", "Nothing Can Separate", Never Say Goodbye"

Singles

YearSingleChart PositionsAlbum
CAN ACCAN
1996"This Is the Stuff"323I Can Hear You
"I Can Hear You"718
1997"Seize the Day"29
"Do What You Do"2059Feel Free

Books

Collaborations

Notable appearances

Songs in other projects

Awards and recognition

GMA Canada Covenant Awards
GMA Dove Awards
Juno Awards
Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)
Western Canadian Music Awards

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References

Notes
  1. Vancouver Seeds is an annual talent contest run by the Vancouver, British Columbia FM radio station CFOX-FM.
  2. For the 2010 Covenant Awards of October 29, 2010 Arends also received nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, Folk/Roots Album of the Year: Love Was Here First, Inspirational Song of the Year: "Never Say Goodbye", and Jazz/Blues Song of the Year: "Roll It". [ citation needed ]
  3. She was the first Canadian to win this honour from the US-based Gospel Music Association. [ citation needed ]
Citations
  1. "Carolyn Arends – Charts & Awards". Allmusic.
  2. GMAC 2007 Covenant Awards. Retrieved 2008-10-11. Archived May 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rimmer, Mike (December 1, 1995). "(Review) I Can Hear You". Cross Rhythms (30). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. Rimmer, Mike (June 1, 1997). "(Review) Feel Free". Cross Rhythms (39). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  5. Rimmer, Mike (February 1, 2000). "(Review) This Much I Understand". Cross Rhythms (55). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  6. Chesters, Alan (October 1, 2000). "(Review) Seize The Day And Other Stories". Cross Rhythms (59). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  7. Moring, Mark. "(Review) Travelers". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  8. Moring, Mark. "(Review) We've Been Waiting for You". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  9. Breimeier, Russ. "(Review) Under the Gaze". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  10. Gregory, Rick (September 6, 2006). "(Review) Christmas: An Irrational Season". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  11. Banister, Christa. "(Review) Pollyanna's Attic". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  12. Hart, Michael. "(Review) Pollyannah's Attic ,". Soul Shine Publishing. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  13. Martin, D.S. (February 15, 2010). "(Review) A sweet voice that won't lull you to sleep". Christian Week. 23 (23). Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.