Heather Kitching: Managing editor, Roots Music Canada.
Top 10:
- Ahi – The Light Behind the Sun
- *Alex Cuba – Indole
- *Angelique Francis – Not Defeated
- *Aysanabee – Edge of the Earth
- Basia Bulat – Basia’s Palace
- Evan Redsky – The Language of Fishermen
- HuDost – The Monkey in the Crown
- Rachel Kane – Holler at the Wind
- Stephen Fearing – The Empathist
- The Pairs – Together on a Rock
New discoveries:
- Kiziba
- Divka
- Jeff Rogers
