A Rock By the Sea Christmas Volume 11, various artists (Rock By the Sea)

Rock By the Sea, a charity based in the Georgia-Florida area that unifies area musicians to raise money for human services non-profits, is, as you can tell from the title, out with their 11th Christmas album for 2020. As before, the collection of artists spans the various genres that make up Americana, although this year's collection features a couple of outliers: a synth-pop rendition of "Greensleeves" by A Co, and a straight-up pop-jazz orchestra rendition of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Joe Gransden and His 16-Piece Big Band. Jon Tyler Wiley and His Virginia Choir go mostly country over a rock rhythm on "I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day," Ghosthood featuring The Class of 98 turns "In the Bleak Midwinter" into a rock anthem, Sarah Potenza and Lang Freeman do a straight pop take on "O Holy Night," and Jeffrey Butts puts a syncopated rock beat under "Little Drummer Boy." Rob Fetters renders "The First Noel" as a guitar instrumental, Joe Alterman also dispenses with vocals on a gospel piano version of "Feliz Navidad," and Ultrababyfat does a mostly faithful version of the Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" with a more hard rock rhythm. Some of these numbers are originals, like Rachael Sage's Hanukkah ode, "Tchatchkes & Latkes," Melissa Ferrick's Celtic-flavored "This Time of Year," and Rebecca Howell's "Christmas With You. You can get this from Bandcamp as a download or a physical CD, or check into Amazon by clicking the cover.