CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE NEWS: WINNERS OF BEST CDs OF 2008 ANNOUNCED
Here is the list of the winning CDs chosen by cabaret writer/reviewer John Hoglund from dozens of CDs submitted for our CABARET HOTLINE HOTLINE "CDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS" SHOWCASE EVENT and announced on Tuesday, November 11th. So many fantastic CDs were submitted, John wisely decided to break them into categories and pick the top one in each category. The winners are as follows:

OUTSTANDING CD OF 2008
D. C. Anderson: Our Story
2008 OUTSTANDING COMPILATION CD
Carol Hall: Hallways: The Songs of Carol Hall
2008 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCE CD
Baby Jane Dexter: You're Following Me
2009 OUTSTANDING JAZZ CD
Daryl Sherman: New O'Leans
2008 OUTSTANDING JAZZ COLLABORATION
Scot Albertson/Daryl Kojak: Fate Revealed
2008 OUTSTANDING MALE DEBUT CD
Dwayne Britton: Dwayne Britton
2008 OUTSTANDING CABARET/FOLK ALBUM
Hilary Ann Feldman: Taking Flight
2008 OUTSTANDING FEMALE DEBUT CD
Laura Hull: Take Me Home
2008 OUTSTANDING FUSION ALBUM
Patti Loach & Patricia Zentilli: Pull Me Through
2008 OUTSTANDING INSTRUMENTALIST CD
Jose Luis: Unforgettable
2008 OUTSTANDING AMERICAN SONGBOOK CD
Sharon Paige: Love Is The Thing
2008 OUTSTANDING VOCAL GROUP CD
Uptown Express: Walk Like A Man
VERY HONORABLE MENTION:
(alphabetical order - various categories)
Francesca Amari: Better Days
Sheera Ben-David: On A Carousel
BJ Crosby: Best Of My Love
Clare Cooper: Northern Drive
Devlin: Live In New York
Bob Levy: Me + My Best Friends
Jonathan Long: Tenor Moments
Karen Mason: Right Here/Right Now
John Pizzarelli: With A Song In My Heart
Karen Saunders: I Wanna Be Around
Thanks to all to submitted CDs - we plan to do this again next year.