| Hugh Masekela | Mandela (Bring Him Back Home) | Hope | Triloka |
| Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Sun, Son (Shining on the Water) | Love Over and Over | Hannibal |
| Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Anna's 69th birthday Dec. 4) | Heart Like a Wheel | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Hannibal |
| Roy Harper | The Stranger | Man & Myth | Bella Union |
| Michael Chapman | Wrecked Again | Wrecked Again | Light in the Attic Records |
| Poco (Jim Messina's 66th birthday) | You Better Think Twice | The Very Best of Poco | Epic/Legacy |
| J.J. Cale | They Call Me the Breeze | Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology | Mercury |
| Little Feat | Cold, Cold, Cold | Sailin' Shoe | Warner Bros. |
| The Band | King Harvest (Has Surely Come) | The Band | Capitol |
| J.J. Cale (75th birthday) | Magnolia | Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology | Mercury |
| Beth Orton | Last Leaves of Autumn | Sugaring Season | Anti- |
| Tim Weed | Soul House Reprise | Soul House | Sound Orchard Records |
| Tony Joe White | Gypsy Epilogue | Hoodoo | Yep Roc |
| Jim Campilongo | Cock and Bull Story | Dream Dictionary | Blue Hen Records |
| Bill Callahan | Seagull | Dream River | Drag City |
| Go (Steve Winwood, Stomu Yamashta et al.) | Crossing the Line | Go / Go Live From Paris | Hip-O Select |
| Sarah Cahill | Meredith Monk: Steppe Music | A Sweeter Music | Other Minds Records |
| Kronos Quartet | Tour Eiffel | Aheym: Kronos Quartet plays music by Bryce Dessner | Anti- |
| Bill Frisell | Lullaby | Silent Comedy | Tzadik |
