| The Low Anthem | Charlie Darwin | Oh My God, Charlie Darwin | Nonesuch |
| My Morning Jacket | You're a Big Girl Now | Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan | Fontana (Amnesty International) |
| Jim Byrnes | House Where Nobody Lives | I Hear the Wind in the Wires | Black Hen |
| Iris DeMent | My Life | My Life | Warner Bros. |
| Shelagh McDonald | Stargazer | Let No Man Steal Your Thyme | Castle |
| Fotheringay | The Sea | Fotheringay | A&M |
| Phil Ochs | Pleasures of the Harbor | Live at Newport | Vanguard |
| Loudon Wainwright III | Over the Hill | Older Than My Old Man Now | 2nd Story Sound Records |
| Joe Henry | Dark Tears | Reverie | Anti- |
| David Byrne & Caetano Veloso | Life During Wartime | Live at Carnegie Hall | Nonesuch |
| Emmylou Harris | Long Time Girl Gone By | Kin: Songs By Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell | Vanguard |
| Lianne La Havas | Gone | Is Your Love Big Enough? | Nonesuch |
| Cassandra Wilson | If It's Magic | Silver Pony | Blue Note |
| Fred Hersch Trio | Rising, Falling | Alive at the Vanguard | Palmetto |
| Keith Jarrett | Innocence | Sleeper | ECM |
| Israeli Chamber Project | Bela Bartok: Contrasts: "Piheno" | Opus 1 | Azica Records |
| Ava Mendoza with Nick Tamburro | Shadowtrapping: Unnatural Ways | Quit Your Unnatural Ways | Weird Forest |
