| Ohio Players | Jive Turkey | | Skin Tight / Mercury |
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| Charlie Christian | Flying Home (Alt. Take) | | Original Guitar Hero, the / Columbia Records (Jazz) |
| John Coltrane | Resolution | | A Love Supreme / Impulse Records |
| Sarah Wilson | Fall Has Arrived | | Trapeze Project / Brass Tonic |
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| Featured Artist: Mel Tillis | | | |
| Mel Tillis | Send Me Down To Tucson | | Every Which Way But Loose / Elektra Records (West Coast) |
| Mel Tillis | I Ain't Never | | Mercury Nashville Gold / Mercury Records |
| Mel Tillis | Coca-Cola Cowboy | | Every Which Way But Loose / Elektra Records (West Coast) |
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| The Moon And You | Freight Train | | Endless Maria / Self-Release |
| Jeremy Pinnell | Best I Could Do | | Ties Of Blood And Affection / Sofaburn |
| Dan Mills | Sandy | | Something Good / Self-Release |
| Dan Mills | Spinnin' The Cowboys | | Something Good / Self-Release |
| Miss Freddey | Luv Ya Baby | | Lady Of The Blues / Self-Release |
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| Joel Levine | Trouble In Mind | | Whistleblower, The / Iue Records |
| Zaib Khan | Mama Said | | Georgia's Soul Man / Self-Release |
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| Ware, David S. | Prayer | | Birth Of A Being / Aum Fidelity |
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| Featured Genre: New Orleans Jazz | | | |
| Oliver, King/Creole Jazz Band | Dippermouth Blues | | Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz, The / Smithsonian/Folkways |
| Morton, Jelly Roll/Red Hot Peppers | Black Bottom Stomp | | Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz, The / Smithsonian/Folkways |
| Pete Fountain | A Closer Walk | | Best of Pete Fountain, the / Mca Records |
| Pete Fountain | Columbus Stockade Blues | | Best of Pete Fountain, the / Mca Records |
| Red Onion Jazz Babies | Cake Walking Babies From Home | | Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz, The / Smithsonian/Folkways |
| Sidney Bechet | When It's Sleepy Time Down H | | Legendary Sidney Bechet, the / Bluebird Records |
| Trombone Shorty | Backatown | | Backatown / Verve Music Group |
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| Circus Of The West | Birdhand | | We'll See Ourselves Out / Self-Release |
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| Rodney Jones | One Turnip Green | | Soul Manifesto / Blue Note |
| Lindberg, John Ensemble | Thanksgiving Suite | | A Tree Frog Tonality / Between the Lines |
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| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | | Blessed / Lost Highway Records |
| The Bluegrass Album Band | Letter From My Darlin' | | Bluegrass Compact Disc Volume 2, The / Rounder Records |
| The Bluegrass Album Band | So Happy I'll Be | | Bluegrass Compact Disc Volume 2, The / Rounder Records |
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| A Great American Song: Simple Gifts | | | |
| Butch Baldassari | Simple Gifts | | Mandolin Hymns / Sound Art Recordings |
| Frank Hamilton | Simple Gifts | | Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Vol. Four / Bloodshot Records |
| Clay Giberson | Simple Gifts | | Pastures / Origin Records |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Traditional: Simple Gifts | | Classic Yo-Yo / Sony Classical |
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| Protest Song of the Day | | | |
| Guthrie, Arlo | Alice's Restaurant Massacree | | Alice's Restaurant / Reprise |
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| Ella Fitzgerald | Flyin' Home | | Best of Ella, the / Mca Records (Local) |
| Douglas, Dave With The Westerlies And Anwar Marshall | Worlds Beyond The Sky | | Little Giant Still Life / Greenleaf Music |
