Posting has slowed to a crawl here for now, but will be revving up again in the new year. In the meantime, be sure to check out the Top 10 Country Albums of 2008 feature at The 9513. It was a collaborative effort on the part of nine of the site’s regular contributors, with the esteemed Jim Malec coordinating everything. The individual list I submitted is slightly revised from the one posted here last month because Jamey Johnson’s album was taken out of the running and I belatedly discovered that Rodney Hayden is amazing.
I know there are a few albums I’ll be listening to more closely on the recommendation of my colleagues, and I’m sure you’ll find a lot to like too. The individual lists are especially interesting. Check it out.
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A freelance writer and humorist with an abiding love of country music, C.M. Wilcox's cutting, clear-eyed take on the genre has drawn the attention of Country Weekly, The Washington Post, and The Tennessean in the years since this site began. He lives near Sacramento and can be reached by email at CMW (at) countrycalifornia.com.
Looking at all the individual lists, yours is the closest to my 2008 list, FYI. Don’t you feel happy?
Good job in 2008, your blog has been fun to read! Hope it all gets better in 2009!
Honestly, that concerns me a little. (Just kidding.)
Thanks, Chris. Getting better is the ongoing goal.