| Michael Nold | Across the Great Divide | True Voices | |
| Talk | | | |
| Bill Haley and the Comets | Rock Around the Clock | | |
| Andy Breckman | So Far So Good | Proud Dad | Gadfly |
| Les Barker | Chronology | Arovertherapy | Dog |
| Arlo Guthrie | Celery Time | Precious Friend | Warner Bros. |
| Lewis Black | The End of the Universe | The End of the Universe | Stand Up! Records |
| Talking Heads | Once in a Lifetime | Stop Making Sense | |
| Laurie Anderson | The Dream Before | Strange Angels | Warner Bros. |
| Lou and Peter Berryman | Science Marches On | Double Yodel | Cornbelt |
| John Hartford | Goodle Days | Aereo-Plain | Rounder |
| Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl | Bang Masters | Epic / Legacy |
| Kathy Mattea | Asking Us to Dance | Time Passes By | Mercury |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Where Time Stands Still | Stones in the Road | Columbia |
| Phil Ochs | Changes | American Troubadour | A&M |
| John Gorka | Riverside | Old Futures Gone | |
| Kate Wolf | These Times We're Living In | Give Yourself to Love | Kaleidoscope |
| Tom Rush | The Circle Game | The Circle Game | Elektra |
| Pete Seeger | Circles | Precious Friend | Warner Bros. |
| Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott | Walk Beside Me | Real Time | Howdy Skies |
| Claudia Schmidt | Beaver Island Jubilee/ For the Birds / Replenish | Out of the Dark | Flying Fish |
| Pat Humphries | Swimming to the Other Side | Same Rain | Moving Forward Records |
| Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | Gentle Arms of Eden | Drum Hat Buddha | Signature Sounds |
| Bruce Cockburn | Look How Far the Light Came | Breakfast in New Orleans | Rykodisc |
| John Hiatt | Listening to Old Voices | Stolen Moments | A&M |
| Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie | Well May the World Go | Together in Concert | Rising Son |
| Bruce Cockburn | Tie Me at the Crossroads | Dart to the Heart | Columbia |
| Talk | | | |
| Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco | Bridges | The Past Didn't Go Anywhere | Righteous Babe |
| mAVIS | | | |
| Jackson Browne | How Long | World in Motion | Elektra |
