| Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | I Told You So |
| Jon Batiste | We Are |
| Dumpstafunk | Where Do We Go |
| The Bamboos | Hard Up |
| Christone “Kingfish” Ingram | 662 |
| Steve Cropper | Fire It Up |
| AJ Fullerton | The Forgiver & The Runaway |
| Bad Bad Not Good | Talk Memory |
| Charley Crockett | Music City USA |
| Eliane Elias with Chick Corea & Chucho Valdez | Mirror Mirror |
| Durand Jones & The Indications | Private Space |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | The Future |
| Leo Sidran | Cool School [The Music of Michael Franks] |
| Pokey LaFarge | In The Blossom Of Their Shade |
| Los Lobos | Native Sons |
| Carsie Blan | Love & Rage |
| Ben Sidran | Who’s The Old Guy Now |
| Lake Street Dive | Obviously |
| Jackson Browne | Downhill From Here |
| Michael Franti | Good Day For A Good Day |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | Layla Revisited – Live At LOCKN’ |
| Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley | Spin It Faster |
| Dion | Stomping Ground |
| Cimafunk | El Alimento |
| Roots of Creation | Dub Free Or Die Vol 1 |
| Jake Shimabukuro | Jake & Friends |
| St Paul & The Broken Bones | Last Dance |
| Chicano Batman | Dark Star |
| Hiss Golden Messenger | Quietly Blowing It |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Barn |
| Arlo Parks | Hurt |
| Dr. Lonnie Smith & Iggy Pop | Why Can’t We Live Together |
| Wyn Starks | Who I Am |
| Steve Earle & The Dukes | J.T. |
| David Gray | Heart & Soul |
| Valerie June | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers |
| Van Morrison | Only A Song |
| Paula Fuga & Jack Johnson feat. Ben Harper | If Ever |
| Joao Donato | Jazz Is Dead # 7 |
| Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee |
| U-Roy | Solid Gold |
| Bela Fleck | My Bluegrass Heart |
| The Gabriels | Love & Hate In A Different Time |
| Samantha Fish | Faster |
| Underground Youth & Laura Carbone | In Dreams |
| Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Raise The Roof |
| Lucy Dacus | VBS |
| Aretha Franklin | The Genius of Aretha Franklin |
| BuddhaFly | Not Another Reggae Love Song |
| Nick Waterhouse | Promenade Blue |
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