Everybody else is doing it, so why can't me?

So usually I refrain from such things as year end lists and such on this blog, but I just couldn't help myself this year. So here are my personal favorite albums of 2008, unranked, unorganized, and unsolicited.

Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers
The Wood Brothers - Loaded
Matthew Ryan - Vs. The Silver State
NQ Arbuckle - XOK
Blue Mountain - Midnight in Mississippi
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
JJ Grey and Mofro - Orange Blossoms
Scott Miller - Appalachian Refugee
Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind
Chris Knight - Heart of Stone