| Merle Haggard | The Road To My Heart | I Am What I Am | Vanguard |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Ft. Worth Blues | Street Songs of Love | Concord Music |
| Louise Goffin | Up On The Roof | A Song for my Father | 429 Records |
| Carol Fran | I Need to Be With You | Harmonica Blues | Delta Groove |
| Ray Charles | I Can't Stop Loving You | Ultimate Collection | Rhino |
| Grant Dermody & Joe Filisko | Get to Heaven on My Own | Crossin' That River | Dermody Music |
| Jerry Douglas | In the Sweet By & By | Best of Sugar Hill Years | Sugar Hill |
| Dion with KD Lang | Drive All Night | Dion | Arista |
| Shawn Colvin | You & The Mona Lisa | A Few Small Repairs | Sony |
| Aretha Franklin | The Letter | Rare & Unissued | Rhino |
| Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch | Somewhere in the Middle | You Can't Save Everybody | Compass |
| Staple Singers | I'm Willin | Great Day | Milestone Records |
| Steve James | Ragged & Dirty | American Primitive | Antones |
| Madison Violet | No Fool for Tryin' | No Fool for Tryin' | High Romance Records |
| Frank Meyer | Ramblin' Mind | Scounger's Paradise | Thangmaker Records |
| Matt Urmy | Renaissance Rodeo | East Nashville: More Music from the Other Side | Red Beet Records |
| Charlie Musselwhite | Good Times | The Well | Alligator |
| Merle Haggard | Bad Actor | I Am What I Am | Vanguard |
| Giving Tree Band | Circles | The Joke, The Threat and the Obvious | Crooked Creek |
| Taildragger | My Head is Bald | Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story | Delmark |
| Toure Kunda | Casale | Party with Putumayo | Putumayo |
| Jerry Douglas | Tribute to Peador O'Donnell | Best of Sugar Hill Years | Sugar Hill |
| Paul Thorn | I Don't Like Half the Folks I Love | Pimps & Preachers | Perpetual Obscurity |
| Led Kaapana, Alison Krauss & Sam Bush | Waltz of the Wind | Waltz of the Wind | Dancin' Cat Recordds |
| Oscar Peterson | Cheek to Cheek | Standards | Verve |
| Leon Cooper | Cool Margarita | Two Birds | Indie |
| Buddy & Julie Miller | Keep Your Distance | Buddy & Julie Miller | High Tone |
| Terry Evans & Hans Theesink | You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover | Visions | Blue Groove |
| Staple Singers | What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? | Great Day | Milestone Records |