- Shemekia Copeland – America’s Child (Alligator)
- Bruce Katz Band – Get Your Groove! (American Showplace Music)
- Boz Scaggs – Out of the Blues (Concord)
- Various Artists – Tribute: Delmark’s 65th Anniversary (Delmark)
- Joe Bonamassa – British Blues Explosion Live (J&R Adventures)
- Buddy Guy – The Blues Is Alive and Well (Silvertone/RCA)
- Deb Ryder – Enjoy the Ride (Vizztone)
- Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio – Something Smells Funny ‘Round Here (Alligator)
- Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – Run to Me (Gypsy Soul)
- Bob Corritore & Friends – Don’t Let the Devil Ride! (Vizztone)
- Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Downey to Lubbock (Yep Roc)
- Kid Ramos – Old School (Rip Cat)
- Nick Moss Band – The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator)
- Eugene Hideaway Bridges – Live in Tallahassee (Armadillo)
- Tom Hambridge – The NOLA Sessions (Sugar Shake Factory)
- Billy Price – Reckoning (Vizztone)
- Curtis Salgado/Alan Hagar – Rough Cut (Alligator)
- Myles Goodwyn – And Friends of the Blues (Linus)
- Trudy Lynn – Blues Keep Knockin’ (Connor Ray Music)
- Cyril Neville – Endangered Species: The Essential Recordings of Cyril Neville (World Order)
- Rory Block – A Woman’s Soul (Stony Plain)
- Big Harp George – Uptown Cool (Blues Mountain)
- Bob Lanza Blues Band – Kids, Dogs & Krazy Women (Connor Ray Music)
- Steve Krase Band – Just Waitin’ (Connor Ray Music)
- Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps – Here in Babylon (Jesi-Lu)
- Original Chicago Blues All Stars – Gold (Original Chicago Blues All Stars)
- Joyann Parker – Hard to Love (Joyann Parker)
- Al Basile – Me and the Originator (SweetSpot)
- Various artists – Chicago Plays the Stones (Raisin’ Music)
- Various artists – Rough Guide to Hokum Blues (World Music Network)
- Marcia Ball – Shine Bright (Alligator)
- Rockwell Avenue Blues Band – Back to Chicago (Delmark)
- James Harman – Fineprint (Electro-Fi)
- Kat Riggins – In the Boy’s Club (Bluzpik)
- Grand Marquis – Brighter Days (Grand Marquis Music)
- Keeshea Pratt Band – Believe (KPB)
- Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty – Tribute to Carey Bell (Delmark)
- Savoy Brown – You Should Have Been There (Panache)
- Suzie Vinnick – Shake the Love Around (Suzie Vinnick)
- Sue Foley – The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)