| Kate Wolf | Across the Great Divide | Close to You | Kaleidoscope |
| Larry Abrams | Ain't No Republican | Ain't No Republican | NA |
| Talk | | | |
| Randy Newman | My Country | Bad Love | Dreamworks |
| Bright Morning Star | Make America Proud of You/Encourage Fear | Live in the US | NA |
| Jody Stecher | Long Time A-Comin' | Wonders and Signs | Vegetiboy |
| Cormac McCarthy | The Working Poor | Collateral | Rakish Tilt |
| Bob Dylan | Political World | Oh Mercy | Columbia |
| Talk | | | |
| Slaid Cleaves | Rust Belt Fields | Still Fighting the War | Music Road Records |
| Talk | | | |
| Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby | The Way It Is | Cluck Ol' Hen | Fontana |
| Ry Cooder | Do Re Mi | Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | Nonesuch |
| Ry Cooder | Wooly Bully | Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | Nonesuch |
| The Wood Brothers | Come and Get It | Let Us In/ The Music of Paul McCartney | Reviver Music |
| Will Hoge | Band on the Run | Let Us In | Reviver Music |
| Talk | | | |
| Ry Cooder | Crazy About an Automobile | Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | Nonesuch |
| Ry Cooder | Boomers Story | Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | Nonesuch |
| Talk | | | |
| Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby | Toy Heart | Cluck Ol' Hen | Fontana |
| Pete Seeger | We Shall Overcome | We Shall Overcome | Columbia |
| Pete Seeger | A'int Scared of Your Jail | We Shall Overcome | Columbia |
