Songs About Jesus

Having just celebrated the Christmas season, I decided to put the focus on today's music blog post on the reason for the season. Without further ado, here's a reverent collection of songs about the God-Man Himself. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jeremy Riddle  ~  “Jesus, You’re Beautiful”

2)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Jesus, Friend Of Sinners”

3)  Hillsong United  ~  “None But Jesus”

4)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Jesus Messiah”

5)  Kristian Stanfill  ~  “Beautiful Jesus”

6)  Rev. James Moore & The Mississippi Mass Choir  ~  “Jesus Paid It All”

7)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Janet Paschal  ~  “Fairest Lord Jesus”

8)  Matt Redman  ~  “Jesus, Only Jesus”

9)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Jesus Loves Me”

10)  Jaci Velasquez  ~  “Jesus (The Way)”

11)  Amanda Cook  ~  “Jesus, We Love You”

12)  Kari Jobe & Thomas Miller  ~  “Forever / Jesus Paid It All”

13)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Tanya Goodman Sykes, Reggie Smith, Wesley Pritchard, Cynthia Clawson, & Ivan Parker  ~  “Tell Me The Story Of Jesus”

14)  Josh Wilson  ~  “Jesus Is Alive”

15)  Passion ft. Christy Nockels  ~  “Let It Be Jesus”

16)  Paul Baloche  ~  "What A Friend We Have In Jesus"

17)  ZOEgirl  ~  "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul"

18)  Avalon  ~  "My Jesus, I Love Thee"

19)  Todd Agnew  ~  "My Jesus"

20)  Barnabas Family Ministries  ~  "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"

Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 2)

As a follow-up to yesterday's "Songs For The Seasons" post, and in honor of the Winter Solstice (which is apparently actually today, and not yesterday), here's another set of songs to celebrate the (theoretically) chilliest of seasons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enya  ~  “Trains And Winter Rains”

2)  Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan  ~  “For Now I Am Winter”

3)  Daughter  ~  “Winter”

4)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Valley Winter Song”

5)  The Head And The Heart  ~  “Winter Song”

6)  Sting  ~  “The Hounds Of Winter”

7)  Emily Barker  ~  “In The Winter I Return”

8)  Said The Whale  ~  “This Winter I Retire”

9)  Broadcast  ~  “Winter Now”

10)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Your Winter”

11)  Jo Hamilton  ~  “Winter Is Over”

12)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  “Bird Of Winter Prey”

13)  TORRES  ~  “When Winter’s Over”

14)  K’s Choice  ~  “Winter”

15)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Song For A Winter’s Night”

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Winter”

17)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

18)  Opeth  ~  “The Throat Of Winter”

19)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Winter Sun”

20)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  “Half A Week Before The Winter”

Songs For The Seasons: "Winter" (Vol. 1)

It's the Winter Solstice, so here's a bunch of songs for the new season. (Although where I live, it feels like summertime, but whatevs.) There were too many good songs by well-known and emerging artists to include in just one post. So there will be a Volume 2 tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pentatonix  ~  “White Winter Hymnal”

2)  The Piano Guys  ~  “Let It Go / Vivaldi’s Winter”

3)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Winter Winds”

4)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Early Winter”

5)  AFI  ~  “Love Like Winter”

6)  Kanye West  ~  “Coldest Winter”

7)  Bush  ~  “The Sound Of Winter”

8)  Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Winter Song”

9)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra  ~  “Wizards In Winter”

10)  Angel Vivaldi  ~  “A Martian Winter”

11)  The Staves  ~  “Winter Trees”

12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter”

13)  Young Guns  ~  “Winter Kiss”

14)  I Break Horses  ~  “Winter Beats”

15)  Asher Monroe  ~  “Warm Winter Night”

16)  Tori Amos  ~  “Winter”

17)  CAKE  ~  “The Winter”

18)  Kari  ~  “The Winter Is Back”

19)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “In The Bleak Mid-Winter”

20)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Winter Snow”

"Dumb" Songs

Here's a bunch of "Dumb" songs you're sure to enjoy! Actually, the songs themselves aren't dumb, but they do all include that word (or some variation of it) in their titles. Which is pretty smart, if you don't think about it too hard.  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “Dumb”

2)  Red Velvet  ~  “Dumb, Dumb”

3)  Andrew Garcia  ~  “Dumb”

4)  Tich  ~  “Dumb”

5)  Holy Ghost!  ~  “Dumb Disco Ideas”

6)  Hoku  ~  “Another Dumb Blonde”

7)  Detroit Grand Pubahs  ~  “Numb, Deaf, & Dumb”

8)  Faith Evans  ~  “Dumb”

9)  Tedashii ft. Lecrae  ~  “Dum Dum”

10)  Jamie McDell  ~  “Dumb”

11)  Robben Ford  ~  “Deaf, Dumb, And Blind”

12)  Anastacia  ~  “Pretty Little Dum Dum”

13)  Extreme  ~  “Comfortably Dumb”

14)  Garbage  ~  “Dumb”

15)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Guess I’m Dumb”

16)  The 411  ~  “Dumb”

17)  Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls  ~  “Dumb Things”

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18)  Tangerine Kitty  ~  “Dumb Ways To Die”

19)  Futureheads  ~  “Struck Dumb”

20)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Dumb Blonde”

"Holiday" Songs

Do you love Christmas songs, but get weary of hearing them everywhere you go this time of year? Well, this is the post for you! Here's a group of "Holiday" songs that aren't Christmas-related in any way – they just happen to have the word "Holiday" in their titles. And they're pretty good, too! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  “Holiday”

2)  Madonna  ~  “Holiday”

3)  Scorpions  ~  “Holiday”

4)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “Holiday”

5)  Sex Pistols  ~ “Holidays In The Sun”

6)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Love Needs A Holiday”

7)  Pantera  ~  “Psycho Holiday”

8)  Counting Crows & Bløf  ~  “Holiday In Spain”

9)  King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew  ~  “King Holiday”  (If you’re curious about which artists were involved in this project, here’s the list: El DeBarge, Whitney Houston, Stacy Lattisaw, Lisa Lisa with Full Force, Teena Marie, Menudo, Stephanie Mills, New Edition, James “J.T.” Taylor, Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Run-D.M.C., and Whodini.)

10)  Smash Mouth  ~  “Holiday In My Head”

11)  Collie Buddz  ~  “Holiday”

12)  Warpaint  ~  “Billie Holiday”

13)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “One Big Holiday”

14)  Maxi Priest  ~  “Holiday”

15)  Lalah Hathaway  ~  “Angels’ & Lovers’ Holiday”

16)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Every Day Should Be A Holiday”

17)  DJ Antoine ft. Akon  ~  “Holiday”

18)  Lindsey Buckingham  ~  “Holiday Road”

19)  Jakubi  ~  “Holiday”

20)  george  ~  “Holiday”

21)  Kapena  ~  “Mandatory Holiday”

22)  Jet  ~  “Holiday”

23)  10cc  ~  “Dreadlock Holiday”

24)  Halsey  ~  “Roman Holiday”

25)  The Kinks  ~  “Holiday”