Take a God break already. EMMANUEL takes the El of God with the Emma with us. And here we all are.
Rather than being the call and response (and also with you) for the Catholics en masse, many of these songs just name Jesus. Celebrity, yes. But it’s a humble human sound.
Among the hundreds of hymnals, let’s restrict ourselves to the novel… or awesome–that works, too.
Gordon Mote uses prog rock to list epithets of “Emmanuel“. Nice Cliff Notes.
Cara Berg of The Songwriter Initiative takes a metaphoric interp with “Emmanuel (I Call it Kindness)“. Piano lounge indie.
Brandon Heath begins with personal mundanity, but eventually launches into gospel heights with “We Need Emmanuel“. Sensing sincerity here.
A nice Bossa nova backbeat propels “Emmanuel Then, Emmanuel Now” from Jody Robichaud. Approachable.
Kathy Mattea tries for the round with “Emmanuel“. Gently down the stream. Circular worshipping.
Chenél No.1 use electric folk to express her reverence for her “Christmas Delight“. Gets one note.
Gus & Iggy stay strong on the folk retelling of “Emmanuel“. Sounds personal.
Gentle folk from Joe Frye (feat. Fiona Culley), “Emmanuel” blesses and stresses our redresses.
“His Name is Called Emmanuel” is cast explaining to the children in the musical ‘Jingle in the city’ with creaking showtune.
Dave Mantel’s rock’n’roll seems influenced with Middle Eastern instrumentation. The resulting “Emmanuel” uplifts.
Will Heikoop’s “Joy (It’s Christmas)” is indie reaching to new heights. That piano noodling will not get any parishioners onto their feet, but it’s serious.
“It’s an Alfred Kinsey Christmas” is a Coffee On Mars AI New Age production from Brent Butler about finding the little man in the boat. Praying to Emmanuel doesn’t help. Watch out for sex ed.