| 1 | Ruthie Foster | Runaway Soul | Self Produced |
| 2 | Delbert McClinton | Room To Breathe | New West |
| 3 | Various Artists | The Land Where The Blues Began | Rounder Select |
| 4 | Susan Tedeschi | Wait For Me | Tone Cool Records |
| 5 | T-Model Ford | Bad Man | Fat Possum |
| 6 | Snooky Pryor & His Mississippi Wrecking Crew | Cd | Electro-Fi |
| 7 | Rick Holmstrom | Hydraulic | Tone Cool Records |
| 8 | Mad Dog Lester Davenport | I Smell A Rat | Delmark Records |
| 9 | Champion Jack Dupree | St. Claude & Dumaine | Fuel 2000 |
| 10 | Mance Lipscomb | Texas Country Blues | Arhoolie Productions |
| 11 | Marva Wright | Marva | Aim Recording Company |
| 12 | Junior Kimbrough | You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough | Fat Possum |
| 13 | Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery | Whiskey Store | Telarc Blues |
| 14 | Cedell Davis And Friends | When Lightnin' Struck The Pine | Fast Horse |
| 15 | Dr. Blake | Magic Soul Elixir | Soul Sanctuary |
| 16 | Mary Ann Redmond | Prisoner Of The Heart | Self Produced |
| 17 | Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods | Mama Says I'm Crazy | Fat Possum |
| 18 | Junior Watson | If I Had A Genie | Heart And Soul |
| 19 | Son House | Revisited | Fuel 2000 |
| 20 | Various Artists | Gary Davis Style | Inside Sounds/Inside Memphis |