Christmas in the Northwest 10, various artists (Children's Music Fund)

Time for the 2007 edition of this Seattle-based tradition to raise money for children's hospitals in Seattle, Portland and Bend, Ore. This is far more pop-oriented than most of what you see on this site, in various flavors ranging from jazz-flavored through the kids' choir genre, with a fair number of acoustic folk-pop items reaching ever slightly toward country. Some rock-oriented things sneak in like King of Hawaii's surf-guitar "Greensleeves," Marika's "Christmas Came Early" and "I Wanna Be Blake" by WannaBe Idolz, which is a literal paen to being an "American Idol," namechecking not only Blake but also Sanjaya. Stacy Errico provides a soulful "Blessed in the Northwest" that essentially serves as this collection's near-title song, though a few others give the Northwest shout-out as well. For the most part, the artists here get credit for doing mainly original tunes, and it's a good cause, but again, it's a far more pop than rock collection. UPDATE: It appears this was the last edition of the series, but all remain available at the website.