Jeremy Dutcher/ ‘Motewolonuwok’/ Secret City Records LANCO/ ‘Run, Run, Baby’ EP/ Riser House Records Hiromi/ ‘Sonicwonderland’/ Telarc

Margo Price/ ‘Strays II’/ Loma Vista Recordings Aga Khan Master Musicians/ ‘Nowruz’/ Smithsonian Folkways Rick Astley/ ‘Are We There Yet?’/ BMG CMAT/ ‘Crazymad, For Me’/AWAL

Barbaro/ ‘About The Winter’/ StorySound Records

Samara Joy/ ‘A Joyful Holiday’ EP/ Verve Prince/ ‘Diamonds And Pearls Box Set’/ NPG Records and Paisley Park Enterprises Jessi Colter/ ‘Edge of Forever’/ Appalachia Record Co. HAUSER/ ‘Christmas’ Angie McMahon/ ‘Light, Dark, Light Again’/ AWAL Maverick City Music/ ‘The Maverick Way Complete’/ TRIBL Records