| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Spokane | Able Bodies | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | Stone Breath | Lanterna Lucis Viridtatis | Hand/Eye |
| 3 | Bob Buckingham and Friends | My Friend is a Mole in the Mines | Dark Holler |
| 4 | Carolyn Mark and the Room-mates | Terrible Hostess | Mint |
| 5 | Scott H. Biram | Untitled | www.scottbiram.com |
| 6 | Pete Seeger | America's Favorite Ballads vol. 1 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 7 | Spectral Light and Moonshine Firefly Snake Oil Jamboree | Scarecrow Stuffing | Dark Holler |
| 8 | John Guliak the Lougan Brothers | The Black Monk | Mint |
| 9 | Calvin Johnson | What Was Me | K |
| 10 | Fit and Limo/Stone Breath | The Silence of a Million Tongues | Hand/Eye/Dark Holler |