| International women's day is March 8 | but on sing out we salute International women's month | on the way to celebrating every day as women's day | Plus a nod to enviornmental concerns |
| Naked Barbies | Midnight Radio | live on Sing Out 7-14-97 | engineer: Tony Ferro |
| Rachel Garlin | One Hell of a Life | Five Minutes | Tactile Records |
| Altazor | Tonada / Gavan-Pajarillo | Altazor | Redwood Records |
| Tower of Power | Only So Much Oil in the Ground | Urban Renewal | Warner Bros |
| Rachel Garlin | Alternative Fuel | Five Minutes | Tactile Records |
| Turtles | Earth anthem | Battle of the Bands | White Whale |
| Magnolia Sisters | Malinda | Love's Lies | Arhoolie |
| Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz | El Amor No Se Vende | Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran | Arhoolie |
| Papa Lemon Nash | Grave Digger's Blues | Papa Lemon | Arhoolie |
| Magnolia Sisters | Hot Stuff | Love's Lies | Arhoolie |
| Papa Lemon Nash | Bowleg Rooster, Duckleg Chicken/Sweet Georgia Brown | Papa Lemon | Arhoolie |
| Magnolia Sisters | Oublies-moi jamais (Never Forget Me) | Love's Lies | Arhoolie |
| Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz | Me Voy Lejos | Flaco Jimeez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran | Arhoolie |
| Fred Hersch | Black Is the Color/Love Theme from "Spartacus" | Let Yourself Go | Nonesuch |
| Linda Thompson (with Martin Carthy) | Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience | Won't Be Long Now | Pettifer Sounds |
| Darlene Love w/ Lisa Fischer, Jo Lawry & Judith Hill | Lean On Me | "20 Feet from Stardom" soundtrack *(Oscar winner: Best Documentary) | Columbia |
| Paula West | Shenandoah | unreleased | n.a. |
| Kronos Quartet | Perfidia | Nuevo | Nonesuch |
| Ventures | Perfidia | Best of the Ventures | Dolton |
| Linda Ronstadt | Perfidia | Frenesi | Elektra |
| Barbra Streisand | WIll He Like Me | People | Columbia |
| Paco de Lucia | Danza de los Vecinos (from 3 Cornered Hat) | Paco de Lucia plays De Falla | Phillips (Spain) |
