| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Close to You | Kaleidoscope |
| Kathy Mattea | Down on a Corner | Right Out of Nowhere | EMI |
| Rev. Gary Davis | The Twelve Sticks | Blues and Ragtime | Shanachie |
| Dire Straits | Walk of Life | On the Night | Warner Bros. |
| Paul Simon | Late in the Evening | Live in New York City | Hear Music |
| Grateful Dead | Johnny B. Goode | Grateful Dead | Warner |
| Marc Cohn | Walking in Memphis | Marc Cohn | Atlantic |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Down at the Twist and Shout | Shooting Straight in the Dark | Columbia |
| R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders | Singing in the Bathtub | Singing in the Bathtub | Shanachie |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Yodeling Cowboy | On the Way Up: 1929 | Rounder |
| Lou and Peter Berryman | Double Yodel | Love is the Weirdest of All | Cornbelt Records |
| Sourdough Slim | The Yodel Polka | Contagious Fun | Roundup Records |
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| Richard Shindel | Reunion Hill | Reunion Hill | Shanachie |
| Charlie King and Karen Brandow | The Ballad of Penny Evans | I Struck Gold | Appleseed Recordings |
| Chris Gaffney | '68 | Mi Vida Loca | Hightone |
| John Prine | Sam Stone | John Prine | Atlantic |
| Marge Piercy | The Fundamental Truth | Louder | Leaping Press |
| Pink Floyd | Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert | The Final Cut | EMI |
| Pink Floyd | The Fletcher Memorial Home | The Final Cut | EMI |
| Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | On the Night | Warner Bros. |
| Buddy Miller | With God on Our Side | Universal United House of Prayer | New West |
| Randy Newman | Song for the Dead | Trouble in Paradise | Warner Bros. |
| John Gorka | Where No Monument Stands | So Dark You See | Red House Records |
| Keb' Mo' | What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding | Peace... Back by Popular Demand | Okeh |
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| Utah Phillips | Bridges | The Past Didn't Go Anywhere | Righteous Babe |
| John Gorka | Utah | So Dark You See | Red House |
| John Gorka | I Think of You | So Dark You See | Red House |
| John Gorka | Can't Get Over It | So Dark You See | Red House |
| Utah Phillips | Blackie and the Duck | Loafer's Glory | Red House Records |
| Marc Cohn | New Speedway Boogie | Listening Booth 1970 | Saguaro Road |
