| Loudon Wainwright III | The Days That We Die | Older Than My Old Man Now | 2nd Story Sound |
| Antony | Landslide | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac | Hear Music |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden | Leaving Eden | Nonesuch |
| Leonard Cohen | Banjo | Old Ideaa | Columbia |
| The Trishas | Mother of Invention | High Wide and Handsome | Trishas |
| Bettye LaVette | Everything Is Broken | Thankful 'n Thoughtful | Anti- |
| Bob Dylan | Long and Wasted Years | Tempest | Columbia |
| Jim White | Chase the Blues Away | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |
| Bonnie Raitt | God Only Knows | Slipstream | Redwing |
| Patti Smith | After the Gold Rush | Banga | Columbia |
| Greg Brown | Fat Boy Blues | Hymns to What Is Left | Sawdust |
| Justin Townes Earle | Look the Other Way | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me | Bloodshot |
| Lambchop | The Good Life (Is Wasted) | Mr M | Merge |
| Beth Orton | Magpie | Sugaring Season | Anti- |
| Richard Hawley | The Wood Collier's Grave | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Mute |
| Six Organs of Admittance | Solar Ascent | Ascent | Drag City |
| Spectrum Road | Wild Life | Spectrum Road | Palmetto |
| Floratone | Parade | Floratone II | Savoy Jazz |
| Henry Threadgill Zooid | Tomorrow Sunny | Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, SPP | Pi Recordings |
| Mary Halvorson Quintet | That Old Sound (No. 27) | Bending Bridges | Firehouse 12 |
| Dave Douglas Quintet w/ special guest Aoife O'Donovan | Living Streams | Be Still | Greenleaf Music |
