Love’s Coming Down is from Melanie Penn’s recently released Christmas themed album, Immanuel. The songs on Immanuel are original compositions by Penn, all dealing with the biblical theology of the incarnation. Love’s Coming Down (Isaiah’s Song) is the first track on the record.

The second Advent themed recording from The Orchardist, courtesy of the Rabbit Room. Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming. The Lyrics. Lo, how a rose e’er blooming From tender stem hath sprung Of Jesse’s lineage coming As men of old have sung It came a flow’ret bright Amid the cold of winter When half-spent was …

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What is commonly called the Welsh Carol starts with the words ‘Awake Were They Only, Those Shepherds So Lonely‘. I’ve been listening to it on a Christmas album by Linda Ronstadt that was released back in 2000. The Lyrics: Awake were they only, Those shepherds so lonely, On guard in that silence profound; When colour …

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