| The Reckless Ramblers | Lad O'Beirne's/The Phone Call | Lowdown Hoedown | Black Socks Press | www.larryunger.net |
| The Tallboys | God Don't Like It | Rubber Dolly | self-issued | www.thetallboys.com |
| Rhythm Billies | There'll Be a Bit of Hawaii In the Ozarks (When Johnny Brings Lelani Home) | Phrenology | Cldeff'd Ear Productions | |
| The Key Strummers | My Little Grass Shack | A Red Hot Novelty Jazz Band | Self-issued | www.keystrummers.org |
| Darol Anger | Ride the Wild Turkey | Fiddlistics | Kaleidoscope Records | |
| The Blind Willies | Everybody's Looking for a Meal | Everybody's Looking for a Meal | Diggory Records | |
| Doug & Telisha Williams | Lorreta's Ballad | Ghost of the Knoxville Girl | Self-issued | www.dandtw.com |
| Three Bean Salad | Cowley County Breakdown | Reels and Fakes | Self-issued | www.threebeansalad.net |
| Steve Goodman | The Vegetable Song | "Somebody Elses Troubles" | Buddah Records | |
| Billy Jonas | Vitamin Alphabet | | | www.billyjonas.com |
| Doc Watson | Six Thousand Years Ago | Doc Watson | | |
| James Keelaghan | House of Cards | House of Cards | Borealis Records | www.keelaghan.com |
| John Stanfield | 12-String Moonrise | 12-String Moonrise | June Appal | |
| Little Charlie and the Nightcats | Can't Keep it Up | Deluxe Edition | Alligator Records | |
| Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets featuring Sam Myers | Hula Hoop | Change in my Pocket | Bullseye Blues & Jazz/Rounder Records | |
| David Maxwell & Louisana Red | You've Got to Move | You've Got to Move | Blue Max Records | www.vizztone.com |
| Jay Ungar & Molly Mason | The Lovers' Waltz | Waltzing for the Grange | Friends of the Guiding Star Grange | |
| Bottle Hill | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | A Rumor in Their Own Time | Biograph | |
| Dan Zanes and Friends | I am What I am | 76 Trombones | festival five records | www.danzanes.com |
| New Grass Revival | Fly Through the Country | Too Late to Turn Back Now | Flying Fish | |
| Iris DeMent | He Reached Down | Lifeline | Flariella Records | www.irisdement.com |
| Iris DeMent | Hotter Than Mojave in my Heart | Infamous Angel | Philo Records | |