- Rainbow Girls – Perceptronium (s/r)
- Mayya & The Revolutionary Hell Yeah! – Mayya & The Revolutionary Hell Yeah! (s/r)
- Maurice Tani – The White Water (WIR)
- Foxtails Brigade – Foxtails Brigade (OIM)
Best Americana
- Mike Eldred Trio – Baptist Town (Great Western)
- The Devil Makes Three – Redemption and Ruin (New Western)
- Andre Thierry – Bouncin’ With The Blues (s/r)
- Taking Back Eden – Beautiful Disaster (s/r)
- Steve ‘n’ Seagulls – Brothers in Farms (Spine Farm)
Best Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds – It’s 4AM Somewhere (s/r)
- Jeff Beck – Loud Hailer (Deuce Music)
- The Riots – Time for Truth! (Cargo)
- Rod Melancon – LA 14 (Blue Elan)
- Death Valley Girls – Glow in the Dark (Burger)
Best R&B/Blues
- Sharon Jones – Miss Sharon Jones! OST (Daptone)
- Nikki James – The Album (Fat Girl Records)
- Eddie Cotton – One At A Time (DeChamp)
- Honeybird – Out Comes Woman (s/r)
Best International/World
- Bombino – Azel (Partisan)
- Buyepongo – Todo Mundo (s/r)
- Ceu – Tropix (Six Degrees)
- Dom la Nena – Cantando (Six Degrees)
- Edip Akbayram ve Dostlar – Singles Overview (Pharaway Sounds)
- Imarhan – Imarhan (City Slang)
- Pridjevi – Pridjevi (Trouble in Mind)
Best Jazz
- The Hot Sardines – French Fries and Champagne (Decca)
- Cafe Musique – Ebb & Flow (Mesa Blue Moon)
Best Live Bands Hosted
- Rainbow Girls – 2/20/16 on KALX Live!
- The Control Freaks – 8/13/16 on KALX Live!
- Andre Thierry – 8/23/16 on Deep Mission
- CJ Allegre – 11/19/16 on KALX Live!
