| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Corb Lund Band* |
Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer |
Stony Plain |
| 2 |
Scott Nolan * |
No Bourbon & Bad Radio |
Transistor 66 |
| 3 |
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir * |
Fighting And Onions |
Shoutin' Abner Pim |
| 4 |
Mary Jane Lamond * |
Storas |
Independent |
| 5 |
Freakwater |
Thinking Of You |
Thrill Jockey |
| 6 |
Various * |
Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. 3 |
Independent |
| 7 |
Steve Dawson * |
We Belong To The Gold Coast |
Black Hen |
| 8 |
The Uncas * |
Drop The Ball |
Independent |
| 9 |
Ry Cooder |
Chavez Ravine |
Nonesuch |
| 10 |
Luke Doucet * |
Broken (And Other Rogue States) |
Sixshooter |
| 11 |
Matt Epp * |
You'll Find Me Alone |
Independent |
| 12 |
Laura Cantrell |
Humming By The Flowered Vine |
Matador |
| 13 |
Eliza Gilkyson |
Paradise Hotel |
Red House |
| 14 |
Isaac & Blewett * |
Live At The Black Box |
Independent |
| 15 |
Bramwell And The Left Overs* |
Bramwell And The Left Overs |
Independent |
| 16 |
Mariza |
Transparente |
Times Square |
| 17 |
Thea Gilmore |
Songs From The Gutter |
Hungry Dog |
| 18 |
Various |
Classic Bluegrass: Vol. 2 |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 19 |
Willie Nelson |
Countryman |
Lost Highway |
| 20 |
Iron And Wine/Calexico |
In The Reins |
Overcoat |
