- Heritage Blues Orchestra - And Still I Rise (Raisin' Music)
- Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
- Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
- Eddie C. Campbell - Spider Eating Preacher (Delmark)
- Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
- Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn (Blue Corn)
- Rockin' Johnny Band - Grim Reaper (Delmark)
- Hans Theessink/Terry Evans - Delta Time (Blue Groove)
- Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (Exile/Blue Note)
- Johnnie Bassett - I Can Make That Happen (Sly Dog)
- Mississippi Heat - Delta Bound (Delmark)
- David Maxwell - Blues in Other Colors (Blue Duchess)
- Chris O'Leary Band - Waiting for the Phone to Ring (Vizztone)
- Raphael Wressnig/Alex Schultz - Soul Gift (ZYX)
- Mud Morganfield - Son of the Seventh Son (Severn)
- Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - One Wrong Turn (Alligator)
- Nathan James & the Rhythm Scratchers - What You Make of It (Delta Groove)
- Mannish Boys - Double Dynamite (Delta Groove)
- Lurrie Bell - The Devil Ain't Got No Music (Aria B.G.)
- Joan Osborne - Bring It On Home (Saguaro Road)
- The Blues Broads - The Blues Broads (Delta Groove)
- The Lee Boys - Testify (Evil Teen)
- Treasa Levasseur - Broad (Slim Chicken)
- Marion James - Northside Soul (Ellersoul)
- The 44s - Americana (Rip Cat)
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.