Light of Mine, Andrew Ripp (self-issued)

This six-song collection apparently arrived in 2011, but it stuck to my fingers during a Bandcamp raid. Ripp is a folk-pop-rocker who has taken a fairly original approach to some classic carols, rendering "Jingle Bells" as a rock ballad and "Joy to the World" as a bluesy handclapper. "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night" get the slow tempo treatment, "O Holy Night" over a rock rhythm section and "Silent Night" as a folky treatment. The title song is the classic gospel song done in a nice funky treatment, and rounding things out is what appears to be a nice original, "Spark." Click to grab it from Amazon.