Chris Botti, Chris Botti in Boston (Sony)
Bow Wow, New Jack City Pt. II (Sony)
Leonard Cohen, Live in London (Sony)
Flo Rida, ROOTS (Route of Overcoming the Struggle) (Atlantic)
Gomez, A New Tide (ATO)
Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels (Nettwerk)
Diana Krall, Quiet Nights (Verve)
John Parish and PJ Harvey, A Woman A Man Walked By (Island Records)
Peter Bjorn and John, Living Thing (Almost Gold)
Queensryche, American Soldier (Rhino)
John Scofield, Piety Street (Emarcy/Pgd)
Keith Urban, Defying Gravity (Capitol)
The Whitest Boy Alive, Rules (Asound/Bubbles)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz (Interscope)
This article appears in Mar 25-31, 2009.