- Jimmie Vaughan – Baby, Please Come Home (Last)
- Mighty Mike Schermer – Bad Tattoo (Vizztone)
- Peter Frampton – All Blues (Universal)
- Robin Trower – Coming Closer to the Day (Provogue)
- Reese Wynans – Sweet Release (J&R Adventures)
- Big Joe & the Dynaflows – Rockhouse Party (Severn)
- Duke Robillard – Earworms (Stony Plain)
- B.B. King Blues Band – The Soul of the King (Ruf)
- Benny Turner/Cash McCall – Going Back Home (NOLA Blue)
- Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram – Kingfish (Alligator)
- Lee Boys – Live on the East Coast (M.C. Records)
- Savoy Brown – City Night (Quarto Valley)
- Big Daddy Wilson – Deep in My Soul (Ruf)
- Grady Champion – Steppin’ In (Malaco)
- Rockin’ Johnny & Quique Gomez – Dos Hombres Wanted (Vizztone)
- The 44s – Twist the Knife (Rip Cat)
- Rick Vito – Soulshaker (Vizztoe)
- John Clifton - In the Middle of Nowhere (Rip Cat)
- Brandon Isaak – Rise ‘n’ Shine (Brandon Isaak)
- Connie Hawkins & the Blues Wreckers – Crying in the Rain (Little Red)
- Joanne Shaw Taylor – Reckless Heart (Sony)
- Sean Chambers – Welcome to My Blues (American Showplace Music)
- Fruteland Jackson – Good as Your Last Dollar (Electro-Fi)
- Peter Ward – Train to Key Biscayne (Gandy Dancer)
- Sugaray Rayford – Somebody Save Me (Forty Below)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd – The Traveler (Concord)
- Alexis P. Suter – Be Love (Hipbone)
- Tiffany Pllack & Eric Johanson – Blues in My Blood (NOLA Blue)
- Bob Corritore & Friends – Do the Hip Shake, Baby (Vizztone)
- Nick Schnebelen – Crazy All By Myself (Nick Schnebelen)
- John Primer – The Soul of a Blues Man (Blues House)
- Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith & the House Bumpers – Drop the Hammer (Big Eyes)
- Walter Trout – Survivor Blues (Provogue)
- Bloodest Saxophone – Texas Queens 5 (Vizztone)
- Watermelon Slim – Church of the Blues (Northern Blues)
- Texas Horns – Get Here (Severn)
- Cash Box Kings – Hail to the Kings (Alligator)
- Harpdog Brown – For Love and Money (Dog House)
- Mitch Woods – A Tip of the Hat to Fats (Blind Pig)
- George Benson – Walking to New Orleans (Provogue)
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.