1) Allison Russell- ‘Outside Child’
2) Jon Batiste- ‘We Are’
3) Sierra Ferrell- ‘Long Time Coming’
4) Nick Waterhouse- ‘Promenade Blue’
5) Robert Finley- ‘Sharecropper’s Son’
6) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss- ‘Raise the Roof’
7) Pokey Lafarge- ‘In the Blossom of Their Shade’
8) Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio- ‘Told You So
9) Eric Bibb- ‘Dear America’
10) Brigitte Demeyer- ‘Seeker’
Cody Lee's Best of 2021
