| Artist | Album | Title | Label | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette | Gateway | Back -Woods Song | ECM | No |
| Chuck Brown & Soul Searchers | Greatest Hits | Bustin' Loose | Raw Venture Records | No |
| Johnny Otis | Spirit Of The Black Territory Bands | Swinging The Blues | Arhoolie | No |
| Etta James | R & B Dynamite | Good Rockin' Daddy | ACE | No |
| The Preservation Hall Jazz Band | New Orleans Preservation Vol 1 | Tailgate Ramble | Preservation Hall recordings | No |
| The Platters | Golden Legends | Only You | Madacy | No |
| Treme Brass Band | I Got A Big Fat Woman | Back Of Town Blues | Sounds Of New Orleans | No |
| Levon Helm | Levon H | Milk Cow Boogie | Raven | No |
| Jimmy McCracklin | The Walk | Georgia Stomp | Razor & Tie | No |
| Fontella Bass | The Best of | Rescue Me | Chess | No |
| Max Roach | We Insist ! Freedom Now Suite | Freedom Day | Candid | No |
| Marcus Roberts | Prayer For Peace | Prayer For Peace | RCA | No |
| Women Of The Calabash | The Kwanza Album | Seven Principles | Bermuda Reefs Records | No |
| Eddie Gale | Afrofire | Inner Peace To You | Black Beauty | No |
| Johnny Otis | Santa Claus Blues | Happy New Year ,Baby | Jass | No |
| Huey 'Piano' Smith | A Rock 'n' Roll Christmas | Happy New Year | ACE | No |
| Michael Doucet & Beausoleil | Cajun Christmas | Bonne Annee | Rhino | No |
| The Heartbeats | Doo Wop Christmas | After New Years Eve | Rhino | No |
| John Fahey | The New Possibilty | Auld Lang Syne | Takoma | No |
| Dave Brubeck | Greatest Hits | Unsquare Dance | Columbia | No |
| The Band | Anthology | Acadian Driftwood | Capitiol | No |
| doc watson | Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues | Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Rounder | No |
| mike auldridge | Eight String Swing | Bluegrass Boogie | Sugar Hill | No |
| Earl Scruggs | Classic Bluegrass Live | John Henry | Vanguard | No |
| Hazel Dickens | It's hard To Tell The Singer from The Song | You'll Get No More Of Me | Rounder | No |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Where Will Be Christmas Day | Happy New Year | Dust To Digital | No |
| doc watson | Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues | Freight Train Blues | Rounder | No |
| Johnnie Bassett | I Can Make That Happen | Proud To Be From Detroit | Slydog | No |
| Eddie Burns | Detroit | Boom Boom | Evidence | No |
| Howlin' Wolf | The Howlin' Wolf Album | Spoonful | Cade | No |
| Terry Callier | Time Peace | Time Peace /No One Has To Tell You/ Build A World Of Love | Verve Forecast | No |
| Martha Bass, Fontella Bass, David Peaston | From The Root To The Sourse | I Feel A Change | Soul Note | No |
| Joe South | Midnight Rainbows | God Forgave Me | island | No |
| Deep Purple | When We Rock, We Rock and When we Roll, We Roll | Hush | Warner Brothers | No |
| Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band | The Legacy Lives On | I'm Walking | Royal Tuxedo | No |
| Tuba Fats | Tuba Fats | Tiger Rag | A Wise & Barking Production | No |
| Treme Brass Band | Gimme My Money Back | Oh Lady Be Good | Arhoolie | No |
| The Memphis Horns | Flame Out | Itta Bena Funk | Lucky 7 | No |
| The Mar-Keys | Back To Back | Last Night | Atlantic | No |
| Issac Hayes | the very best of | theme from Shaft | Stax | No |
happy new year good people..a look back on 2012 and beyond....