Albums of The Year:
Del Barber – Prairieography
Easton Stagger Phillips – Resolution Road
Radney Foster – Everything I Should Have Said
Jimmer – The Would Be Plans
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind
Melissa Payne – High and Dry
Matthew Ryan – Boxers
The Secret Sisters – Put Your Needle Down
Sunparlour Players – The Living Proof
The 24th Street Wailers – Wicked

Honorable Mentions:
Buck 65 – Neverlove
Jonathan Byrd – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Jon Dee Graham – Do Not Forget
Sean Rowe – Madman

Discoveries of The Year:
Jimmer
Mike June
Joe Nolan
Slow Leaves
The 24th Street Wailers