Top album: My New Moon by Amos Lee (Image: Bandcamp)
= Albertan
= Canadian
- Amos Lee: My New Moon (Dualtone)
Lindsay Beaver: Tough As Love (Alligator)
- Kurt Vile: Bottle It In (Matador)
Dan Mangan: More Or Less (Arts & Crafts)
- The Revivalists: Take Good Care (Concord)
- Rosanne Cash: She Remembers Everything (Blue Note / Plain Song)
Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop: Abundance (ANZIC)
Amy Van Keeken: In Dreams (Scorpio 76)
Kaa Kater: Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Charles Bradley: Black Velvet (Daptone)
- Oneness of Juju: African Rhythms (Strut)
nêhiyawak: Starlight (Arts & Crafts)
Jenie Thai: Night On Fire (Independent)
Colin James: Miles To Go (True North / Stony Plain)
David Gogo: 17 Vultures (Cordova Bay)
Danny Michel: White & Gold (Independent)
- Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians: Rocket (Verve)
- Amy Helm: This Too Shall Light (Yep Roc)
- Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: The Capitol Studios Sessions (Decca)
- Eric Bibb: Global Griot (Stony Plain)
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones: Young Sick Camellia (RECORDS)
- The Coral: Move Through The Dawn (Ignition)
- The Good, The Bad & The Queen: Merrie Land (Studio 13)
Penny Sanborn Trio: Mirror Suite (Independent)
Baby Jey: Someday Cowboy (Maintenance)
Jess Knights: Won’t Wait (Independent)
Madeleine Roger: Cottonwood (Independent)
Jack Semple: Can’t Stop This Love (Independent)
Evan Cheadle: Chasing Shadows (Independent)
Lennie Gallant: Time Travel (Gallant Effort)