| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Various Artists | Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan |
| 2 | Tom Waits | Bad As Me |
| 3 | Little Willies | For The Good Times |
| 4 | Etta James | The Dreamer |
| 5 | Suzy Bogguss | American Folk Songbook |
| 6 | Kathleen Edwards | Voyageur |
| 7 | Refugees | Three |
| 8 | Will Hoge | Number Seven |
| 9 | War On Drugs | Slave Ambient |
| 10 | Kevin Gordon | Gloryland |
| 11 | Whitehorse | Whitehorse |
| 12 | Mekons | Ancient And Modern |
| 13 | Pistol Annies | Hell On Heels |
| 14 | Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire |
| 15 | Merle Haggard | Working In Tennessee |
| 16 | Crooked Still | Friends Of Fall |
| 17 | Big Daddy Love | Let It Grow |
| 18 | Tom Russell | Mesabi |
| 19 | Infamous Stringdusters | We'll Do It Live |
| 20 | Cam Penner | Gypsy Summer |
| 21 | Noam Pikelny | Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail |
| 22 | Rita Hosking | Burn |
| 23 | Bhi Bhiman | Bhiman |
| 24 | Good Lovelies | Let The Rain Fall |
| 25 | Various Artists | This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark |
| 26 | Moe | What Happened To The La Las |
| 27 | Gretchen Peters | Hello Cruel World |
| 28 | Darrell Scott | Long Ride Home |
| 29 | Ruthie Foster | Let It Burn |
| 30 | James Low Western Front | Whiskey Farmer |
| 31 | Wiyos | Twist |





