| 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Winners | ||||
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| Rank | African Album Winners | Artist | Location | |
| Winner | African Citizen | Ze Manel | Guinea-Bissau | |
| 2nd | Ismarwa | Gidi Gidi Maji Maji | Kenya | |
| 3rd | Makossa Potomac | Henry Dool | Cameroon | |
| 4th | Kaleta Jaa | Kaleta | Benin Republic | |
| Alternative Album Winners | Amber Brooke | Location | ||
| Winner | Burner | Jane Jensen | IN | |
| 2nd | 'the story of o-miz' | Liz Larin | MI | |
| 3rd | Don't Label Me | Amber Brooke | GA | |
| 4th | Green | SKAMP | Lithuania | |
| Americana Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Sleeping Dogs | Martha's Trouble | ON | |
| 2nd | Everythings In Boxes | The Road Dog Divas | OR | |
| 3rd | The Trumpet Vine, a tribute to Kate Wolf | Laurie McClain | TN | |
| 4th | It's A Long and Lonely Time… | Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos | MA | |
| Bluegrass Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Too Old to be Controlled | Big Medicine | NC | |
| 2nd | The Howling Blue Winds | David Peterson & 1946 | TN | |
| 3rd | Bluegrass and Mountain Music | Bill Wells & The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass | SC | |
| 4th | Early Bluegrass | Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys | OH | |
| Blues Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Solo | Dave MacKenzie | TN | |
| 2nd | On Return | The Helmut Stein Experience | CA | |
| 3rd | In This Life | Chicago Red | CA | |
| 4th | Take Your Pick | Jimmy "T99" Nelson | TX | |
| Cabaret Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | It's Polka Time | Zen for Primates | PA | |
| 2nd | Imperfect Rhymes | Bobby Belfry | NY | |
| 3rd | …And Friends | Brett Ryback | WI | |
| 4th | Wallowitch & Ross | John Wallowitch & Bertram Ross | NY | |
| Cajun/Zydeco Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés | Legendary Masters of Cajun and Creole Music | France | |
| 2nd | Cajun Blood | Jo-EL Sonnier | TN | |
| 3rd | Joie de Vivre | Gayla | LA | |
| 4th | Louisiana | LaTouché | LA | |
| Celtic Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Waitin' For A Ride | Darby O'Gill | OR | |
| 2nd | Lager Than Life | The Poxy Boggards | CA | |
| 3rd | Together in the End | Shilelagh Law | NH | |
| 4th | Wander This World | Guarneri Underground | WA | |
| Celtic Instrumental Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Free Time | Straight Furrow | UK | |
| 2nd | Roaming | Jeremy Kittel | MI | |
| 3rd | Clare on the Moors | Tintangel | CA | |
| 4th | Riding Towards Life | Evergreen | CA | |
| Children's Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | When Bull-Frogs Croak | Zak Morgan | OH | |
| 2nd | Sing Along Symphonies | Beethoven's Wig | CA | |
| 3rd | AESOP for all ages | Anne Nachtrieb Zesiger | CA | |
| 4th | A Baker's Dozen | Laura Freeman | TX | |
| Classical Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Works by Martinu & Dvorak | Garth Newel Piano Quartet | VA | |
| 2nd | Drops of Light | Giorgio Koukl | Switzerland | |
| 3rd | Introducing Chris Tedesco | Chris Tedesco | CA | |
| 4th | Symphony #1 and Violin Concerto in C Major | Robert Vinson | CA | |
| Classical Soloist Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Tarantella (Spider Dance) | Julianne Markavitch | AZ | |
| 2nd | Dancing Suite to Suite | Karen Bentley | WA | |
| 3rd | Bach Suites For Cello Alone | Michael Rudiakov | NM | |
| 4th | Ever After | Nadina Mackie Jackson | ON | |
| College Rock Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | All The Time In The World | Lazlo Bane | CA | |
| 2nd | You Don't Know What You're In For | Worry Stones | MD | |
| 3rd | Home By Now | The Animators | NY | |
| 4th | We're All Driving the Train | Nick Dastardly | DC | |
| Compilation Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Life After Debt (The Save Mikey's Projec | Various Artists | CA | |
| 2nd | Café de Luna | Various Artists | PA | |
| 3rd | Jazz in Singapore | Various Artists | CA | |
| 4th | Various Artist Vol.1 | Rawbeatz Productions | CA | |
| Contemporary Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Think Twice | Eclipse | UT | |
| 2nd | Waking Hour | Vienna Teng | CA | |
| 3rd | The Dreamsicles | The Dreamsicles | TX | |
| 4th | Everything | St. Paul | MN | |
| Contemporary Christian Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Stirrin' Up The Water | Peter Mayer | TN | |
| 2nd | drink from the fountain | shawn christopher | IL | |
| 3rd | Come Back Home | Rachel Potter | FL | |
| 4th | Rhymz Suhreal | Rhymz Suhreal | WI | |
| Country Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Signs Of Trouble | Melody Guy | OR | |
| 2nd | Do You Know Me | Eve Selis | CA | |
| 3rd | DARKNESS AND LIGHT | John Bunzow | TN | |
| 4th | Stones | Jon Michaels | TN | |
| Dance Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Le Boom-Chick | SKAMP | Lithuania | |
| 2nd | The Beat | HITMATYZE | CA | |
| 3rd | Highwave | DJ Mozy | UK | |
| 4th | Q*Ball In Space | Q*Ball | NY | |
| Electronica Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Leap Before You Look | SOL-I | NY | |
| 2nd | Alchemy | Cargo Cult | Slovak Republic | |
| 3rd | Sensuality | Elu | NM | |
| 4th | See The Sound | Etro Anime | NY | |
| American Ethnic Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Sacred Journey | Charlie Wayne Watson | GA | |
| 2nd | Thru the Eyes...of My Brother | Mark Thunderwolf | NY | |
| 3rd | En el Tiempo | Amauta-Music of the Andes | WA | |
| 4th | Surfers Drive Woodies | RAKE and the Surftones | CA | |
| Asian Ethnic/Language Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Tropical Sufferings | Mother Of Soul | Japan | |
| 2nd | Legend Of The Sea | Solaris | Japan | |
| 3rd | Vraja | Bhakti | India | |
| 4th | Best of Both Worlds | Ragani | India | |
| European Ethnic/Language Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Faux Realism | Les Sans Culottes | France | |
| 2nd | Life Is Not A Picnic | David Bursztein | France | |
| 3rd | Crossing Paths | Alexander Fedoriouk Kalman | Ukraine | |
| 4th | Caffe Liscio | The Hot Frittatas | Italy | |
| Middle Eastern Ethnic Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Yarus | Mirage | Armenia | |
| 2nd | Yiasemi mou | Nasia Trachonitou | Cyprus | |
| 3rd | Seslenisler, Bekleyisler... | Munip Utandi | Turkey | |
| 4th | Until the Night | Aravod | Armenia | |
| Experimental Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Greens | Zelda and the Unibrows | MI | |
| 2nd | The Ham and its Lily | Arm of Roger | CA | |
| 3rd | Twink | Twink | MA | |
| 4th | Music From Two Millenniums | Gunther Tautenhahn | CA | |
| Female Singer-Songwriter Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | An Unauthorized Guide to the Human Anatomy | Kirsty Kruger | CA | |
| 2nd | Get Closer | Molly Bancroft | GA | |
| 3rd | Chin Up | Susan Gibson | TX | |
| 4th | Gypsy Train | Cary Cooper | TX | |
| 5th | The New Orleans Sessions | Erika Luckett | CA | |
| 6th | Listen Hard | Melissa Ferrick | MA | |
| Gospel Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Springfield | Carole Fredericks | NY | |
| 2nd | Power & Purpose Immanu'el For Life | Tyrone Powell Presents | VA | |
| 3rd | Full Circle | Dr. Negleatha J. Johnson | VA | |
| 4th | Ancient Church Singing of Byzantine | The Ensemble of Old Chuch Music "Sreteniye" | Ukraine | |
| Hard Rock Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | 21st CenturySouthBronxRockStar | Jimi Hazel | NY | |
| 2nd | K-12 | Assisted Living | WA | |
| 3rd | Indecision | Jr. Shab | NJ | |
| 4th | Gathering | 7Sharp9 | GA | |
| Holiday Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | It's A Wonderful Life | Kerry Getz | CA | |
| 2nd | Three Kings | Eclipse | UT | |
| 3rd | Old Time Christmas | The Brothers Figaro Orchestra | CA | |
| 4th | The Hot Rod Sleigh | Robert & Janita Baker | CA | |
| Industrial Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Celldweller | Celldweller | MI | |
| 2nd | FREAX | FREAX | FL | |
| 3rd | The Engineer | Alex Machine | PA | |
| 4th | Biologic | Systemic | NM | |
| Instrumental Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | The Seeker | Kate Moody | OR | |
| 2nd | When She Dreams | Lynn Patrick | CO | |
| 3rd | The Stone Sanctuary-Silhouettes of Zion | Rebecca Ramsey | NV | |
| 4th | Tear | Del Sol String Quartet | CA | |
| Instrumental Jazz Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Mosaic | Dave Osoff | MA | |
| 2nd | Sweet Potato Eyebrows | Rick Gallagher | PA | |
| 3rd | New World Harmonica Jazz | Sandy Weltman with The Carolbeth Trio | MO | |
| 4th | Hornithology | Doug Horn Quartet | MI | |
| Jewish/Hebrew/Klezmer Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Old Roots New World | Maxwell Street Klezmer Band | IL | |
| 2nd | Music of My Family, Music of My People | Gemini-Sandor Slomovits | MI | |
| 3rd | HaMoedim/The Appointed Times | Steve Mcconnell | CT | |
| 4th | Ay Lu Lu | Helene Engel | QC | |
| Latin Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Salsa Pop | L.A. Carpool Featuring Gloria T | CA | |
| 2nd | Sex In New York City | Afroditee | NY | |
| 3rd | Luz del Alma | Laura Rey | PR | |
| 4th | Alessa & MC | Alessa | CA | |
| Live Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Malone Alone | Bob Malone | CA | |
| 2nd | Thank You goodnight.... | Jennie DeVoe | IN | |
| 3rd | Live | Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald | CA | |
| 4th | Stars & Promises Alive | Peter Mayer | TN | |
| Male Singer-Songwriter Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Intermission | Andrew Gold | CA | |
| 2nd | Malone Alone | Bob Malone | CA | |
| 3rd | Company Of Strangers | Colin Hay | CA | |
| 4th | Free | Marc Von Em | NY | |
| 5th | King of Echo Park | Brian Joseph | CA | |
| 6th | Millennium Of Peace | SpaceMonk | CA | |
| Metal Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Fade | Jerkstore | SD | |
| 2nd | We've Come To Take What's Ours | Load Point Pull | MO | |
| 3rd | Renew | Otto's Daughter | CA | |
| 4th | High Volume Therapeutic | Wheeliebar | WI | |
| Modern Rock Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | In My Room | Brother Luke | NV | |
| 2nd | Aliens | Malcolm Morley | UK | |
| 3rd | Masters of the Here and Now | Clevergirl | CA | |
| 4th | Looking for Landmarks | Two Loons for Tea | WA | |
| New Age Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Ethnic | Shiva In Exile | Germany | |
| 2nd | Emergence Music | EveryOne 432 | WA | |
| 3rd | Goddess Gaia | Goddess Gaia | CA | |
| 4th | Tranceformation | Didjworks | NY | |
| New Folk Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Paintbrush | Diane Zeigler | VT | |
| 2nd | Fool's Paradise | Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald | CA | |
| 3rd | Paper Walls | Swearingen/Beedle | PA | |
| 4th | One Night In The South | Dave Potts | AL | |
| Novelty/Comedy Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Monkey Bismuth | Fig | MA | |
| 2nd | Professional Smart Aleck | Carla Ulbrich | SC | |
| 3rd | Last One For the Team | Brad Tassell | IN | |
| 4th | How To Be Happy All The Time | Rachel Arieff & The Smileytown | CA | |
| Opera/Classical Vocal Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | The Man Outside | Brendon Cassidy | CA | |
| 2nd | And What of Love? | Elin Carlson | NM | |
| 3rd | Wagner's Heldentenor | Sasha Novak | Australia | |
| 4th | Under Her Spell: The Viardot Effect | Duelin' Sopranos | OR | |
| Pop Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Uppers & Downers (2CD) | Fisher | CA | |
| 2nd | Smash | Cindy Alexander | CA | |
| 3rd | Hi-Fi Virgin | Harry Francis | PA | |
| 4th | Crazy Place | Jag Star | TN | |
| Punk Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Poorsport | Poorsport | WA | |
| 2nd | 666 Ways To Save Your Soul | The Graveyard School | NJ | |
| 3rd | The Primetime Heroes | The Primetime Heroes | KS | |
| 4th | Seconds From Reality | Blinded | BC | |
| R&B Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | They Don't Know | Angela Johnson | NY | |
| 2nd | I Don't Do That | Chuck Colbert | LA | |
| 3rd | Soul Purpose | Bobby Harden | NY | |
| 4th | Nina Storey | Nina Storey | CO | |
| Rap/Hip Hop Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Skempinlige | Skamp | Lithuania | |
| 2nd | The Hip-Hop Alternative (Community's Call) | Bobby Bishop | MA | |
| 3rd | The Voice of the Future | Dr. Theopolis | OR | |
| 4th | Urban Sprawl | Ordinary Peoples | OH | |
| Reggae Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Mr Progressive | Shakey Ranks | Barbados | |
| 2nd | Around the World | Fourth Dimension | FL | |
| 3rd | Thank U "Jah" | Black Rebels | Senegal | |
| 4th | Make Me Go Redda | Freedom Fighters | France | |
| Rock Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | FOLKLORE | THR3 | CA | |
| 2nd | Enjoy Your Life Poolside | Stereo 360 | CA | |
| 3rd | sixes and sevens | James Speer | TX | |
| 4th | Rhythm Central | GUTA | NC | |
| Rock Instrumental Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Travis Larson Band | Travis Larson Band | CA | |
| 2nd | Beat.It | The Link Quartet | OR | |
| 3rd | Voodoo Violince | Mark Wood | NY | |
| 4th | King Friday | Adrian Galysh | CA | |
| Roots Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Plow to the End of the Row | Adrienne Young | TN | |
| 2nd | Here Comes The Rain | Jesse Jones & Isaac Callender | OR | |
| 3rd | Cotton Diesel | Ponticello | CA | |
| 4th | Last Winter in the Copper Country | Steppin' In It | MI | |
| Solo Guitar Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Metal | Preston Reed | Scotland | |
| 2nd | Laurel Mill | Doug Young | CA | |
| 3rd | Force of Nature | Brian Henke | OH | |
| 4th | Dreams of Argentina | Jose Luis Merlin | CA | |
| Solo Instrumental Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Peaceful Planet | Kourosh Zolani | CA | |
| 2nd | Seasoning | Stas Venglevski and John Simku | WI | |
| 3rd | Rhythm Dust | Penner MacKay | ON | |
| 4th | Deep Pool | Elizabeth Falconer | WA | |
| Solo Piano Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Circle of Influence | Michael Allen Harrison | OR | |
| 2nd | Seven | Seth Osburn | CA | |
| 3rd | Visions | Karl Moraski | NC | |
| 4th | Imagine… | Matthew Busse | TX | |
| Spoken Word Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | This Dress | Minton Sparks | TN | |
| 2nd | Collect Calls | Iris Berry | CA | |
| 3rd | Storm E Weather | Desmond Storm E Jones | OH | |
| 4th | This Won't Hurt A Bit... | K.K. | FL | |
| Techno/Ambient Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Momentum | Mindless Faith | NY | |
| 2nd | Headphone People | EOTRIBE | FL | |
| 3rd | Time Wants a Skeleton | Infinite Number of Sounds | OH | |
| 4th | sugar | aalacho | WA | |
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| Winner | The Off-Broadway Musical for Everyone | Songs from MAMALEH! | NJ | |
| 2nd | The Birth | Michael Rheault | MA | |
| 3rd | Too Old For The Chorus | Mark Winkler | CA | |
| 4th | Jesus Christ Surferstar | various artists | Italy | |
| Traditional Folk Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Legacy | Doc Watson and David Holt | NC | |
| 2nd | Coyote's Dream | Tim Grimm | IN | |
| 3rd | Time Has Made A Change in Me | Daisy Nell | MA | |
| 4th | Broken Hearts & Bitter Ends | Shandy Lawson | CT | |
| Vocal Jazz Album Winners | Artist | Location | ||
| Winner | Tempting | Jenny Toomey | DC | |
| 2nd | I'll Remember Paris | Sony Holland | CA | |
| 3rd | Flamingo | Evans & Coppola | NC | |
| 4th | Bring Back the Moonlight | Harriet Goldberg | MA | |
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