Top 10 CDs:

Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now (Lost Highway)

Martha Wainwright - self-titled (Zoe Records)

NQ Arbuckle - Last Supper in a Cheap Town (Six Shooter)

Marty Stuart - Souls' Chapel (Superlative)

Jay Nash - Some Kind of Comfort (Kufala)

Eliza Gilkyson - Paradise Hotel (Red House)

Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockerell - Begonias (Yep Rock)

Ryan Adams &  The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway)

Josh Rouse - Nashville (RYKD)

Martyn Joseph - Deep Blue (Pipe Records)
 

Shows of the Year

kd lang singing "Halleluiah, Junos, MTS Centre, Winnipeg - April 3

NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark - Times Change(d), Winnipeg - Jul 6

Emmylou Harris - Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 10

Buddy Miller - Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 10

Camper Van Beethoven - Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 10

The Gourds - Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 10

Evan Dando - West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, July 23

Martyn Joseph - Winnipeg Folk Festival, November 4

Juliette Lewis (Juliette & The Licks) - Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg, November 9

Martha Wainwright - Winnipeg Folk Festival, November 18
 

Best Live Albumss

Lucinda Williams - Live at the Filmore

James McMurtry - Live in Aught-Three

Los Lobos - Live at the Filmore

Rod Picott - Live 2005
 

Box Sets

Jimmy Webb - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress

Johnny Cash - The Legend
 

Songs of the Year

B.M.F.A - Martha Wainright

Leave it to a Loser - Bobby Fulks

Saturday - Josh Rouse

Good People - Jack Johnson
 

Best Tribute Album

A Case for Case - Songs of Peter Case, tribute 3 CD box set

Big Sweet Life - The songs of John D. Graham
 

People to Watch

Alexi Murdoch - Last Train Home

Kieran McGee - Bound Away
 

You Owe it to Yourself

Bettye Lavette - I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

Best Debuts

Martha Wainwright - self titled (Zoe Records)

Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat

Willy Mason - Where the Humans Eat (Virgin)