- Robin Trower – Coming Closer to the Day (Provogue)
- John Primer – The Soul of a Blues Man (Blues House)
- Reese Wynans – Sweet Release (J&R Adventures)
- Big Joe & the Dynaflows – Rockhouse Party (Severn)
- Mighty Mike Schermer – Bad Tattoo (Vizztone)
- Bob Corritore & Friends – Do the Hip Shake, Baby (Vizztone)
- Mary Lane – Travelin’ Woman (Women of the Blues)
- Benny Turner/Cash McCall – Going Back Home (NOLA Blue)
- Kevin Burt – Heartland and Soul (Little Village Foundation)
- Mavis Staples – Live in London (Anti-)
- Charley Crockett – Lil G.L.’s Blue Bonanza (Thirty Tigers)
- Nick Schnebelen – Crazy All By Myself (Nick Schnebelen)
- Chris O’Leary – Seven Minutes Late (American Showplace Music)
- Paul Oscher – Cool Cat (Blues Fidelity)
- Tommy Castro & the Painkillers – Killin’ It Live (Alligator)
- Bloodest Saxophone – Texas Queens 5 (Vizztone)
- Walter Trout – Survivor Blues (Provogue)
- Rockin’ Johnny Burgin/Quique Gomez – Dos Hombres Wanted (Vizztone)
- Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith & the House Bumpers – Drop the Hammer (Big Eyes)
- Atomic Road Kings – Clean Up the Blood (Big Tone)
- Lee Boys – Live on the East Coast (M.C. Records)
- John Mayall – Nobody Told Me (Forty Below)
- Willie Buck – Willie Buck Way (Delmark)
- Sugaray Rayford – Somebody Save Me (Forty Below)
- John Clifton - In the Middle of Nowhere (Rip Cat)
- Rick Vito – Soulshaker (Vizztoe)
- Tony Holiday – Porch Sessions (Vizztone)
- Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations – Hook & Ladder Theater (Dustin Arbuckle)
- Connie Hawkins & the Blues Wreckers – Crying in the Rain (Little Red)
- Fiona Boyes – Voodoo in the Shadows (Reference)
- Dirty Red & the Soul Shakers – Cloudless Day (Dirty Red)
- Rev. Shawn Amos – Kitchen Table Blues, Vol. 1 (Put Together Music)
- Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson – Amour (Stony Plain)
- Watermelon Slim – Church of the Blues (Northern Blues)
- Murali Coryell – Made in Texas (Shake It Sugar)
- Rosie Flores – Simple Case of the Blues (Last Music)
- Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Inspired by the Blues (Stony Plain)
- Tim Gartland – Satisfied (Taste Good Music)
- Brandon Isaak – Rise ‘n’ Shine (Brandon Isaak)
- Manx Marriner Mainline - Hell Bound For Heaven (Stony Plain)
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.