--- Pinetop Perkins On The 88's - Live In Chicago, Pinetop Perkins [Sagebrush Productions/Vizztone Label Group]

--- Live...And In Concert From San Francisco, Otis Rush [Blues Express, Inc.]

--- 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists [Reprise Records]

--- Old School, Koko Taylor [Alligator Records]

--- Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas, Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards [The Blue Shoe Project]

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

--- Into The Blues, Joan Armatrading [429 Records]

--- Is It News, Doyle Bramhall [Yep Roc Records]

--- The Road To Escondido, JJ Cale & Eric Clapton [Reprise Records/Warner Music Group]

--- Truth, Robben Ford [Concord Records]

--- The Scene Of The Crime, Bettye LaVette [Anti]

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

--- Le Cowboy Creole, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie [Times Square Records]

--- King Cake, Lisa Haley [Blue Fiddle Records]

--- Live: Á La Blue Moon, Lost Bayou Ramblers [Swallow Records]

--- Blues De Musicien, Pine Leaf Boys [Arhoolie Records]

--- Racines, Racines [Swallow Records]

--- The La Louisianne Sessions, Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars [Octavia Records]

--- Live! Worldwide, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience [AIM Trading Group P/L]

Best Historical Album

--- Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s, David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists) [Archeophone Records]

--- Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition), Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Rhino]

--- The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949, Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie) [Woody Guthrie Publications]

--- Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Rhino]

--- People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938, Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Tompkins Square]