Song blogging week 2

"In the Bleak Midwinter"
is the latest song by the Getty's (besides the Merker / Kauflin / Getty version of Psalm 130 that rips David Ward).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hs9-Sxf9j4
Link above is King's College singing it.


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