Album of the Year: Lovely Creatures, Bob Schneider (Kirtland)

2. Song up in Her Head, Sarah Jarosz (Sugar Hill)
3. Willie and the Wheel, Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel (Bismeaux)
4. Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears (Lost Highway)
5. No Boundaries, Los Texas Wranglers
6. Animal Boy, Matt the Electrician
7. Heat Sin Water Skin, BettySoo
8. Fits, White Denim (Downtown)
9. Time to Stand, The Belleville Outfit (Thirty Tigers)
10. Golden Beds, The Octopus Project (Peek-a-Boo)