- Tad Robinson – Real Street (Severn)
- Vaneese Thomas – Down Yonder (Segue)
- Toronzo Cannon – The Preacher, The Politician or the Pimp (Alligator)
- Rick Estrin & the Nightcats – Contemporary (Alligator)
- Coco Montoya – Coming In Hot (Alligator)
- The Texas Horns – Get Here Quick (Severn)
- Billy Price – Dog Eat Dog (Gulf Coast)
- Altered Five Blues Band – Ten Thousand Watts (Blind Pig)
- Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith & the House Bumpers – Drop the Hammer (Big Eyes)
- Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men – Tall, Dark and Handsome (Thirty Tigers)
- Billy Branch & Sons of Blues – Roots and Branches (Alligator)
- Savoy Brown – City Night (Quarto Valley)
- Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram – Kingfish (Alligator)
- Jersey Swamp Cats – Go Cat Go! (Jersey Swamp Cats)
- Wentus Blues Band – Too Much Mustard (Ramasound)
- Bad Influence – Get What You Need (Badblues)
- Zac Harmon – Mississippi BarBQ (Catfood)
- Mindi Abair & the Bone Shakers – No Good Deed (Pretty Good for a Girl)
- Marc Cohn & Blind Boys of Alabama – Work to Do (BMG)
- Various Artists – The Time for Peace Is Now (Luaka Bop)
- Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Brighter Days (Provogue)
- Mavis Staples – We Get By (Anti-)
- Al Basile – B’s Hothouse (SweetSpot)
- Peter Frampton – All Blues (Universal)
- George Benson – Walking to New Orleans (Provogue)
- Grady Champion – Steppin’ In (Malaco)
- Duke Robillard – Earworms (Stony Plain)
- Gary Hoey – Neon Highway Blues (Provogue)
- Myles Goodwyn – Friends of the Blues 2 (Linus)
- Bloodest Saxophone – Texas Queens 5 (Vizztone)
- Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters – Beyond the Blue Door (Stony Plain)
- Nick Moss Band – Lucky Guy (Alligator)
- Terry Hanck – I Still Get Excited (Vizztone)
- Bobby Rush – Sitting on Top of the Blues (Thirty Tigers)
- The 44s – Twist the Knife (Rip Cat)
- Big Daddy Wilson – Deep in My Soul (Ruf)
- Albert Castiglia – Masterpiece (Gulf Coast)
- Nick Schneleben – Crazy All By Myself (Vizztone)
- Bruce Katz – Solo Ride (American Showplace Music)
- Various – Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records (Earwig)
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.