| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Gold in California | Kaleidoscope |
| Miriam Makeba | Thulasizwe/I Shall Be Released | Eyes on Tomorrow | Polygram |
| Talk | | | |
| Indigo Girls | Shame on You | Shaming of the Sun | Sony |
| Bonnie Raitt | I Will Not Be Broken | Souls Alike | Capitol |
| Talk | | | |
| Dar Williams | When I Was a Boy | The Honesty Room | Razor and Tie |
| Ani DiFranco | My IQ | Puddle Dive | Righteous Babe Music |
| Peggy Seeger | Everyone Knows | An Odd Collection | Rounder |
| Dar Williams | The Ballad of Mary Magdalene | Cry Cry Cry | Razor and Tie |
| Ferron | Girl on a Road | Impressionistic | Cherrywood Station |
| Jennifer Warnes | Bird on a Wire | Famous Blue Raincoat | Private Music |
| Laurie Anderson | Monkey's Paw | Strange Angels | Warner Bros. |
| Kathy Mattea | Standing Knee Deep in a River | Lonesome Standard Time | Mercury |
| Claudia Schmidt | River of Tears | Out of the Dark | Flying Fish |
| Cheryl Wheeler | Little Road | Defying Gravity | Philo |
| Eliza Gilkyson | Tender Mercies | Land of Milk and Honey | Red House |
| Sarah Elizabeth Campbell | Geraldine and Ruthie Mae | A Little Tenderness | Kaleidoscope |
| Sweet Honey in the Rock | Oughta Be a Woman | Breaths | Flying Fish |
| Indigo Girls | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 1200 Curfews | Epic |
| The Waifs | Lies | A Brief History of | Jurrah |
| Ruthie Foster | Truth! | The Truth According to Ruthie Foster | Blue Corn Music |
| Talk | | | |
| Joan Baez | You're Aging Well | Ring Them Bells | Guardian |
| Janis Ian | This Train Still Runs | Breaking Silence | Morgan Creek |
| Mavis Staples | I'm On My Way | We'll Never Turn Back | ANTI |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Why Walk When You Can Fly | Stones in the Road | Columbia |
| Judy Collins | Bread and Roses | Bread and Roses | Collector's Choice |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Almost Home | Party Doll and Other Favorites | Columbia |
