Al Green Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Joe Lovano Us Five with Esperanza Spalding, James Weidman, Otis Brown III, & Matt Wilson Wanda Jackson Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Del McCoury Band Donnie Walsh & The Downchild Blues Band Monophonics Elizabeth Cook Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics Eilen Jewell Sara Watkins Sam Bush Trampled Under Foot John Mayall Don’t Mind Dying Rodriguez Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three Mountain Standard Time Music Maker Blues Revue Todd Day Wait’s Pigpen The Hooten Hallers The Hipnecks Believers Vulvette The Flood Brothers Blues in the Schools & Tj Wheeler King of the Roots Winner: The Thin Dimes King of the Roots Runner-up: The Mojo Roots