Kathy’s 20 Favorite CDs of 2008: This is my list of favorite CDs that I reviewed in the past year. A few of these were released in earlier years, but I reviewed them in ’08. Several more CDs were very close to making the list, but I had to cut it off somewhere! A lot of reviewers rank their favorites, but I just can’t. The music I like best can and does vary by the day, so I will list these in alphabetical order by album title. The links in the titles will take you to my reviews of these albums. Congratulations and thanks to these artists for making 2008 the best year for instrumental music that I can remember!


  1. 1.A New Kind of Love - Robin Spielberg

  2. 2.Afterplay - Brian Kelly

  3. 3.Beginning the Journey - David Glass

  4. 4.Blue Dream - Fiona Joy Hawkins

  5. 5.Blue Ridge Reunion - Bill Leslie

  6. 6.Christmas Anthology - Michael Allen Harrison

  7. 7.Cinematic - Spencer Brewer

  8. 8.Emotions of the Heart - Bruce Smith

  9. 9.Faeries - David Hicken

  10. 10.Follow the River - Michael Dulin

  11. 11. Living Temples - David Lanz & Gary Stroutsos

  12. 12. Moments Musicaux - Lesley Spencer

  13. 13. Our Mother - Ralph Zurmuhle

  14. 14. Painting the Sun - David Lanz

  15. 15. Requiem - Fariborz Lachini

  16. 16. Signature - Steven C.

  17. 17. Spiritual - Wendel Werner

  18. 18. Stone Rose - Ola Gjeilo

  19. 19. The Weight of Time - Timothy Davey

  20. 20. This I Know - Jeff Bjorck