| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Close to You | Kaleidoscope |
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| Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie | Those Three Are On My Mind | Spoken in Love | Long Tail |
| John Gorka | Thirsty Boots | Bleeker Street | Astor Place Recordings |
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| Mavis Staples | Eyes on the Prize | We'll Never Turn Back | ANTI |
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| Si Kahn | Crossing the Border | In My Heart | Philo |
| Robert Earl Keen | Mariano | No. 2 Live Dinner | Sugar Hill |
| Richard Shindell | Fishing | Courier | Signature Sounds |
| Judy Collins | Deportees / Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon | A Tribute to Woody Guthrie | Warner Bros. |
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| William S. Burroughs | A Thanksgiving Prayer | Dead City Radio | Island |
| Will Rogers | All About Pilgrims | Will Rogers | Legacy |
| Bruce Cockburn | Stolen Land | You Pay Your Money | Ryko |
| John Trudell | Rocking the Res | AKA Graffiti Man | Rykodisc |
| Garnet Rogers with Doug Long | Sleeping Buffalo | Summer Lightning | Snow Goose |
| Lou and Peter Berryman | Uncle Dave's Grace | House Concert | Cornbelt Records |
| Eliza Gilkyson | Tender Mercies | Land of Milk and Honey | Red House Records |
| Mercedes Sosa | Gracias a la Vida | Pueblo Unido | Universal Latino |
| Rodney Crowell | Song for the Life | Ain't Living Long Like This | Audium Entertainment |
| Cris Williamson | Soulful Days | Country Blessed | Wolf Moon |
| Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah | Songs from the Road | Sony Legacy |
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| Bruce Springsteen | I Ain't Got No Home | A Vision Shared | Folkways |
| Charlie King and Karen Brandow | I Can Not Sleep | I Struck Gold | Appleseed Recordings |
| Cormac McCarthy | Keep Moving | Collateral | Rakish Tilt |
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| Lou and Peter Berryman | Homelessness | Some Days | Cornbelt |
