- Marcia Ball – Shine Bright (Alligator)
- Curtis Salgado/Alan Hagar – Rough Cut (Alligator)
- Mike Zito – First Class Life (Ruf)
- The Lucky Losers – Blind Spot (Dirty Cat)
- Nick Moss Band – The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator)
- Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed (Verve)
- Sue Foley – The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
- Rae Gordon Band – Better Than I Was (Rae Gordon Music)
- Bernard Allison – Let It Go (Ruf)
- Joyann Parker – Hard to Love (BNC)
- Muddy Gurdy – Muddy Gurdy (Vizztone)
- Savoy Brown – You Should Have Been There
- James Harman – Fineprint (Electro-Fi)
- Wentus Blues Band – Throwback (Rama Sound)
- Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco – You’re Driving Me Crazy (Sony Legacy)
- Barrence Whitfield & the Savages – Soul Flowers of Titan (Bloodshot)
- Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Black Coffee (J&R Adventures)
- Victor Wainwright & the Train – Victor Wainwright & the Train (Ruf)
- Jimi Hendrix – Both Sides of the Sky (Experience Hendrix/Legacy)
- John Mayall – Three for the Road (Forty Below)
- Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps – Here in Babylon (Jesi-Lu)
- Grand Marquis – Brighter Days (Grand Marquis Music)
- Mud Morganfield – They Call Me Mud (Severn)
- Rockwell Avenue Blues Band – Back to Chicago (Delmark)
- Myles Goodwyn & Friends of the Blues - Myles Goodwyn & Friends of the Blues (Linus)
- Orphan Jon & the Abandoned – Abandoned No More (Rip Cat)
- Danielle Nicole – Cry No More (Concord)
- Suzie Vinnick – Shake the Love Around (Suzie Vinnick)
- Michelle Malone – Slings and Arrows (SBS)
- Walter Wolfman Washington – My Guture Is My Past (Anti-)
- Kid Ramos – Old School (Rip Cat)
- Jim Byrnes – Long Hot Summer Days (Black Hen)
- Johnny Tucker – Seven Day Blues (High John)
- Reverend Raven & the Chain Smoking Altar Boys -My Life (Nevermore)
- James Hunter Six – Whatever It Takes (Daptone)
- Sonny Boy Williamson II – The Complete Trumpet, Ace and Checker Singles 1951-62 (Acrobat)
- Big Maybelle – The Savoy Years (Jasmine)
- Piano Red – Rockin’ with Red (Jasmine)
- The Rev. Shawn Amos – Breaks It Down (Put Together)
- Laurie Morvan – Gravity (Screaming Lizard)
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.