ARTIST, "Song"  (Label)
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, “Heartaches & Grease” (Sustain)
SUE FOLEY, “Most Likely You Go Your Way & I’ll Go Mine” (Telarc)
CASSANDRA WILSON, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (Blue Note)
EUPHORIA, “Back Against the Wall” (Zoe)

BRAVE COMBO, “Sixteen Tons” (Rounder)
KIERAN KANE, KEVIN WELCH & FATS KAPLAN, “Mellow Down Easy” (Compass)
ANSON FUNDERBURGH & THE ROCKETS, “Come On” (Shout! Factory)
WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS, “Hard Times” (NorthernBlues)
MEMPHIS SLIM, “Mother Earth” (St. Clair)
TRACY NELSON, “I Need All the Help I Can Get” (Memphis International)

BOTTLE ROCKETS, “Happy Anniversary” (Bloodshot)
GEORGE JONES, “I Just Don’t Give a Damn” (Epic/Legacy)
BETTYE LAVETTE, “What Condition My Condition Is In” (Trikont)
BOBBY RADCLIFF, “Soul Finger” (Black Top)
MIKE SELESCIA, “Brute Strength” (Ubiquity)

DAYNA KURTZ, “Nola” (Kismet)
IRMA THOMAS, “In the Middle of It All” (Rounder)
ESTHER PHILLIPS w/ THE DIXIE FLYERS, “Set Me Free” (Rhino)
BIG MAMA THORNTON w/ THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND, “Life Goes On” (Arhoolie)
CANDI STATON, “Cry To Me” (Astralwerks)

ZYDECO CRAYZ, “Louisiana Lightning” (Hungry for Music)
LYNWOOD SLIM, “Me, Myself & I” (Delta Groove)
MARC BROUSSARD, “You Can Leave Your Hat On” (Sugar Hill)

SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE, “John Henry” (Smithsonian Folkways)
KEB’ MO’, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding” (Okeh/Epic)