- Jersey Swamp Cats – Go Cat Go! (Jersey Swamp Cats)
- Nick Moss Band – Lucky Guy (Alligator)
- Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram – Kingfish (Alligator)
- Manx Marriner Mainline – Hell Bound for Heaven (Stony Plain)
- Kenny Parker – Hellfire (Rock-A-While)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd – The Traveler (Concord)
- George Benson – Walking to New Orleans (Provogue)
- Billy Branch & Sons of Blues – Roots and Branches (Alligator)
- Jimmie Vaughan – Baby Please Come Home (Last)
- Bob Corritore – Do the Hip Shake Baby! (Vizztone)
- Bad Influence – Get What You Need (Badblues)
- Texas Horns – Get Here (Severn)
- Peter Frampton – All Blues (Universal)
- Robin Trower – Coming Closer to the Day (Provogue)
- Dwayne Dopsie – Bon Ton (Red Hot)
- Big Joe & the Dynaflows – Rockhouse Party (Severn)
- Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith & the House Bumpers – Drop the Hammer (Big Eyes)
- Savoy Brown – City Night (Quarto Valley)
- Cash Box Kings – Hail to the Kings (Alligator)
- Duke Robillard – Earworms (Stony Plain)
- Terry Hanck – I Still Get Excited (Vizztone)
- Billy Price – Dog Eat Dog (Gulf Coast)
- Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men – Tall, Dark and Handsome (Thirty Tigers)
- Bobby Rush – Sitting on Top of the Blues (Thirty Tigers)
- Reese Wynans – Sweet Release (J&R Adventures)
- Jon Gindick – Love at the All Night Café (Old Chimney)
- Harpdog Brown – For Love and Money (Dog House)
- Bloodest Saxophone – Texas Queens 5 (Vizztone)
- B.B. King Blues Band – The Soul of the King (Ruf)
- Various Artists – Battle of the Blues: Chicago vs Oakland (Delta Roots)
- Mindi Abair & the Bone Shakers – No Good Deed (Pretty Good for a Girl)
- Big Jack Reynolds – That’s a Good Way to Get to Heaven (Third Street Cigar)
- Ben Levin – Before Me (Vizztone)
- The 44s – Twist the Knife (Rip Cat)
- Alexis P. Suter – Be Love (Hipbone)
- Keb’ Mo’ – Oklahoma (Concord)
- Grady Champion – Steppin’ In (Malaco)
- Mighty Mike Schermer – Bad Tattoo (Vizztone)
- Nancy Wright – Alive and Blue (Vizztone)
- Big Daddy Wilson – Deep in My Soul (Ruf)
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.