| Sandy Denny | Farewell, Farewell | Best of Rycodisc | |
| Niamh Parsons | Twin Sisters | In My Prime | Green |
| Tom Rozum | Jubilee | Jubilee | Signature Sounds |
| Peggy Seeger | Mysterious Lover | Love Will Linger | Appleseed |
| Bill Staines | Red Bird's Wing | The First Million Miles | Rounder |
| Carrie Newcomer Sparrow | Bare to the Bone | Rounder | |
| Laura Love | In Seattle | Fourteen Days | Zoe |
| Karen Pernick | Against the Odds | Climbing Against the Odds | PBS/WB |
| Anke Summerhill | Only a Paycheck | The Roots Run Deep | Sky and Earth |
| Judity Edelman | Come July | Drama Queen | Compass |
| Robin and Linda Williams | In the Company of Strangers | In the Company of Strangers | Sugar Hill |
| Kathy Kallick | Don't You See that Train | Freight Train Blues, Vol. 4 | Rounder |
| Mark Graham | Cumberland Gap | Harmonica Blues | Mongrelfolk |