The weekend host of CBC Radio's "Tonic" show, Tim Tamashiro (which airs on CBC Radio 2 from Monday to Sunday at 8pm (8:30 NT) named "In Between Moods" to his list of the "Top 10 albums of 2009"! 
Here are Tim's picks for '09 (he'll also play them on the Jan 1 edition of Tonic), in no particular order:

Lovelight - Michael Kaeshammer
Cuatro Caminos - Bomba!
Mercy - Bill Mcbirnie
Contradictor - Ndidi Onukwulu
In A Dream - Gretchen Parlato
The River - Rubim de Toledo
My One And Only Thrill - Melody Gardot
In Between Moods - Tony Foster
Alex Cuba - Alex Cuba
Second Side - Brandi Disterheft