| Jefferson Airplane | Star Track | Crown of Creation | RCA |
| Lipbone Redding | Love is the answer to world peace | Hop the Fence | Bepop Records |
| Tim Grimm | The people's Highway | Farm songs | Vault Records |
| Evie Ladin | Maybe an Angle | Float Downstream | evie laden |
| Cephas & Wiggins | Me and my chauffeur | Home Made | Alligator |
| Galactic Allen Toussaint | Baccus | Ya Ka Ma | Anti |
| March fourth Marching Band | Tongue and Groove | Rise Up | MFMB |
| The Afromotive | Don't Judge | Scare Tactics | Harmonized Records |
| Tower of Power | This Time is Real | Tower of Power | W.B. |
| Corey Harris | Lynch Blues | Live at Star Hill EP | Rounder |
| Red Stick Ramblers | Hot tamale Baby | Made in the Shade | Sugar Hill |
| Otis Gayle | Studio one soul | I'll Be Around | Soul Jazz |
| Holmes Brothers | Living Well is the Best Revenge | Feed My Soul | Alligator |
| Ali Farka Toure | Dofana | The Source | Hannibal |
| Carolina Choclate Drops | Hit "Em up Style | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch |
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Jamana BE Diya | Speak Fula | Sub Pop |
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band Steve Earle | T'aint Nobody's Business | Preservation | Preservation Hall |
| Horse Flies | Human Fly | Human Fly | Cooking Vinyl |
| Carrie Newcomer | Stones in the River | Before & After | Rounder |
| Little Feat | Cadillac Hotel | Ain't Had Enough Fun | Zoo Entertainment |
| Lipbone Redding | Dogs of Santiago | Hop the Fence | Bepop Records |