| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Close to You | Kaleidoscope |
| Michael Hedges | All Along the Watchtower | Watching My Life Go By | Open Air |
| Jackson Browne | Information Wars | Looking East | Elektra |
| The Waifs | Lies | A Brief History | Jarrah |
| John Gorka | Live By the Sword | So Dark You See | Red House |
| Bruce Cockburn | People See Through You | World of Wonders | MCA |
| Toots Hibbert | Maggie's Farm | Is It Rolling Bob? | Ras |
| Talk | | | |
| Kim and Reggie Harris with Bernice Johnson Reagon | Oh Mary Don't You Weep | Get On Board | Appleseed |
| Frazier Family | Oh Mary Don't You Weep | Vintage Blues and Gospel Recordings | Master Classics Records |
| Leon Rosselson | My Father's Jewish World | The Last Chance | Fuse |
| Jimmy LaFave | For Everyman | Looking Into You | Music Road |
| Talk | | | |
| Don Henley | Everybody Knows | Tower of Song | A&M |
| The Band | The Weight | The Last Waltz | Warner |
| Bruce Cockburn | Pacing the Cage | Live Acoustic Version | Ryko |
| Barbara Keith | Detroit or Buffalo | Barbara Keith | Warner |
| Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell | Lord I Have Made You a Place in My Heart | Cry, Cry, Cry | Razor and Tie |
| Greg Brown | I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day | The Live One | Red House |
| Richard Shindell | Darkness, Darkness | Reunion Hill | Shanachie |
| Pat McDonald | Daddy's Down in the Mine | Pat McDonald Sleeps With His Guitar | Ares |
| David Wilcox | That's What the Lonely is For | The Very Best of David Wilcox | A&M |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Running From Mercy | Traffic From Paradise | Geffen |
| Sara and Sean Watkins | Your Bright Baby Blues | Looking Into You | Music Road |
| Dire Straits | The Bug | On Every Street | Warner |
| Leonard Cohen | Anthem | Live in London | Columbia |
