SOUL TRACKS CRITICS CHOICE: THE BEST CD'S OF 2008

It is always fun at the end of each year to celebrate the best of that year.  And in the midst of a music industry that is trying to redefine itself, 2008 gave us a lot of great music to celebrate. And so we've lassoed our music critics to each pick five of their favorites, which we've assembled below in alphabetical order (by artist name).  These are uniformly releases with which you can't go wrong -- or so our critics say. Looking for a Christmas gift for a music lover?  Then spend some time with these winners.This was tough stuff for us. Many of us had way more than five choices and had to limit them.  Others had favorite choices who were already taken by another writer (sorry Angela J, but Christian had already picked you!).  So, imperfect as they are, here are the selections from Peggy Oliver (PO), BJ Bunneh (BB), Christian John Wikane (CJW), Chris Rizik (CR), David Nathan (DN), L. Michael Gipson (LMG), Detrel Howell (DH) and Howard Dukes (HD).  Also, each album cover is a link to either CD Baby or Amazon, where you can generally listen to clips from the disc or where you can purchase it.CHECK OUT THE LIST