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