| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iris DeMent | Sing The Delta |
| 2 | Jamey Johnson | Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran |
| 3 | Band Of Horses | Mirage Rock |
| 4 | Calexico | Algiers |
| 5 | Town Mountain | Leave The Bottle |
| 6 | Dwight Yoakam | 3 Pears |
| 7 | Michael Kiwanuka | Home Again |
| 8 | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar |
| 9 | Van Morrison | Born To Sing: No Plan B |
| 10 | Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs | Sunday Run Me Over |
| 11 | Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin |
| 12 | Dr John | Locked Down |
| 13 | Keller Williams With Travelin' McCourys | Pick |
| 14 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Carry Me Back |
| 15 | Avett Brothers | The Carpenter |
| 16 | John Lilly | Cold Comfort |
| 17 | Rosie Flores | Working Girl's Guitar |
| 18 | Craig Chaquico | Fire Red Moon |
| 19 | Whitehorse | The Fate Of The World Depends On This Kiss |
| 20 | John Hiatt | Mystic Pinball |
| 21 | Chris Knight | Little Victories |
| 22 | Alabama Shakes | Boys & Girls |
| 23 | Sara Watkins | Sun Midnight Sun |
| 24 | Joss Stone | The Soul Sessions Vol 2 |
| 25 | McEuen Sessions | For All The Good |
| 26 | Trampled By Turtles | Stars and Satellites |
| 27 | Janiva Magness | Stronger For It |
| 28 | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp |
| 29 | Bonnie Raitt | Slipstream |
| 30 | Steep Canyon Rangers | Nobody Knows You |
| 31 | Bob Dylan | Tempest |
| 32 | Shemekia Copeland | 33 1/3 |
| 33 | Ryan Bingham | Tomorrowland |
| 34 | Various Artists - Tribute To Fleetwood Mac | Just Tell Me That You Want Me |
| 35 | Corb Lund | Cabin Fever |
| 36 | Mumford & Sons | Babel |
| 37 | Sera Cahoone | Deer Creek Canyon |
| 38 | Hillbenders | Can You Hear Me? |
| 39 | Wanda Jackson | Unfinished Business |
| 40 | Bill Staines | Beneath Some Lucky Star |
| 41 | Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb | In Session |
| 42 | Foghorn Stringband | Outshine The Sun |
| 43 | Cactus Blossoms | The Cactus Blossoms |
| 44 | Bettye LaVette | Thankful And Thoughtful |
| 45 | Trapper Schoepp & The Shades | Run, Engine, Run |
| 46 | Hans Theessink & Terry Evans Featuring Ry Cooder | Delta Time |
| 47 | Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods | Candy Store Kid |
| 48 | Time Jumpers | Time Jumpers |
| 49 | Black Prairie | A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart |
| 50 | Trey Anastasio | Traveler |
| 51 | Lucy Kaplansky | Reunion |
| 52 | Jake Shimabukuro | Grand Ukulele |
| 53 | Anais Mitchell | Young Man In America |
| 54 | Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys | Back At The Quonset Hut |
| 55 | Lucero | Woman & Work |
| 56 | Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Grifter's Hymnal |
| 57 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball |
| 58 | Otis Taylor | Contraband |
| 59 | Farmer Jason And Buddies | Nature Jams |
| 60 | Joe Pug | The Great Despiser |
| 61 | Bahamas | Barchords |
| 62 | Curtis Salgado | Soul Shot |
| 63 | Willie Nelson | Heroes |
| 64 | Melody Gardot | The Absence |
| 65 | Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station |
| 66 | Leftover Salmon | Aquatic Hitchhiker |
| 67 | Pat Green | Songs We Wish We'd Written II |
| 68 | Cory Branan | Mutt |
| 69 | Turnpike Troubadours | Goodbye Normal Street |
| 70 | Jon Dee Graham | Garage Sale |
| 71 | Shawn Colvin | All Fall Down |
| 72 | Shovels And Rope | O' Be Joyful |
| 73 | Rufus Wainwright | Out Of The Game |
| 74 | Jim Lauderdale | Carolina Moonrise |
| 75 | Luka Bloom | This New Morning |
| 76 | Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower | Blue Clouds |
