ARTIST, "Song"  (Label)
RON KAVANA, "I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight" (Green Linnet)
JOHN HIATT, "Memphis In the Meantime" (A&M)
STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS, "Drunk Tank" (Cow Island)
JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO, "Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)" (Bear Family)
JAMES McMURTRY, "Freeway View" (Lightning Rod)

RYAN SHAW, "Lookin' For a Love" (Razor & Tie)
AL GREEN, "No One Like You" (Blue Note)
DAVE ALVIN, "Border Radio" (New West)
SHELBY LYNNE, "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Lost Highway)
RUBY JOHNSON, "I'll Run Your Hurt Away" (Stax)
MARCIA BALL w/ DR. JOHN, "I'll Never Be Free" (Alligator)

DEL REY & THE BLUES GATORS, "Stop That Shouting (In the Amen Corner)"
(Hobemian)
BROTHER JOHN SELLERS, "He's My Rock" (Smithsonian/Folkways)
EDDIE HINTON, "Yeah Man" (Capricorn)
ELVIN BISHOP/MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER, "I'll Be Glad" (Fine Dog)

HAYES CARLL, "Bad Liver & a Broken Heart" (Lost Highway)
HEATHER MYLES, "Lovin' the Bottle" (Hightone)
PALADINS, "15 Days Under the Hood" (4AD)
FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, "The Crawl" (Chrysalis)

BONNIE RIATT, "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (WB)
T BONE BURNETT, "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (Columbia/DMZ/Legacy)
MANNISH BOYS, "Reet, Petite & Gone" (Delta Groove)
NEW MASTERSOUNDS featuring SAM BELL, "Pure" (3 on the B)

TERRENCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE, "Corrina" (AIM)
JIMMY REED, "Going To New York" (Shout! Factory)
LONNIE JOHNSON, "He's a Jelly Roll Baker" (Bluebird)
SETH WALKER, "Kick It Around" (Hyena)
ALLEN TOUSSAINT, "Pickles" (Kent)
PATTI LARKIN, "Hallelujah" (Vanguard)