Since I write about what I listen to fairly often, this list may be a bit redundant, but consider it a happy round up! This is what was getting to me the most in 2008, whether it was released in 2008 or 1974, whether I'd heard it a zillion times before or it was something new to my ears.

Rodriguez - Cold Fact


Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down in the Light


Bobby Charles - s/t


Sun Kil Moon - "Glenn Tipton" from Ghosts of the Great Highway


Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - "Islands in the Stream"


Cyndi Lauper - "All Through the Night" from She's So Unusual


Everly Brothers - "Sleepless Nights" and "Love Hurts" from The Definitive Pop Collection


Ronnie Lane - everything by, including Small Faces, Faces and especially the solo albums


Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes


Gene Clark - No Other