| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Gold in California | Kaleidoscope |
| Randy Newman | I Think It's Going to Rain Today | Songbook Vol. 1 | Nonesuch |
| Tom Waits | Emotional Weather Report | Nighthawks at the Diner | Elektra |
| Marc Cohn | The Rainy Season | The Rainy Season | Atlantic |
| Ferron | Snowin' in Brooklyn | Shadows on a Dime | Cherrywood Station |
| Jimmy LaFave | Buckets of Rain | Road Novel | Bohemia Beat |
| Cris Williamson | Waterfall | The Changer and the Changed | Wolf Moon |
| Willie Nelson | Both Sides Now | Both Sides Now | Sony |
| Bob Dylan | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Columbia |
| Pat Humphries | Swimming to the Other Side | Same Rain | Moving Forward Music |
| Talk | | | |
| Tim O'Brien | Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Oh Brother, Can You Spare a Dime | Cmh |
| Ry Cooder | How Can a Poor Man | Live at the Vienna Opera House | NA |
| New Lost City Ramblers | Old Age Pension Check | Songs From the Depression | Folkways |
| New Lost City Ramblers | Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again | The Early Years | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Utah Phillips | The New Deal | The New Deal Now | No Guff Records |
| Jody Stecher | Long Time a Comin' | Wonders and Signs | Vegitiboy Records |
| Jody Stecher | Weasels and Snakes | Wonders and Signs | Vegitiboy Records |
| Talk | | | |
| Les Barker | An Admission | Up the Creek Without a Poodle | Mrs. Ackroyd Records |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | I Feel Lucky | Come On Come On | Columbia |
| Ry Cooder | I Got Mine | The Ry Cooder Anthology | Rhino |
| The Stanley Brothers | If I Lose | If I Lose | Starday |
| Sister O.M. Terrell | Gambling Man | News and the Blues | Columbia |
| Mark Knopfler | You Can't Beat the House | Get Lucky | Warner Bros. |
| Mark Knopfler | Get Lucky | Get Lucky | Warner Bros. |
| Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer | It's Better Than That | A Parent's Home Companion | Rounder |
| Dire Straits | The Bug | On Every Street | Vertigo |
| Talk | | | |
| The Grateful Dead | Uncle John's Band | The Greatful Dead Go to Nassau | Rhino |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Almost Home | Party Doll and Other Favorites | Columbia |
| Ry Cooder | I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine | Bob till You Drop | Warner Bros. |
