| Artist | Title | Album (* = New Release) |
| Paul McCartney | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Ram |
| Blackfield | This Killer | Blackfield II |
| David Wilcox and Nanci Petit | Farsi Intro/Out Beyond Ideas | Out Beyond Ideas |
| Metheny Mehldau | The Sound of Water | Metheny Mehldau Quartet |
| Project Jiman'I | The Forgotten Man | * |
| Pat Metheny Group | You | Speaking of Now |
| Kate Bush | Pi | Aerial |
| Jane Siberry | Seven Steps to the Wall | The Speckless Sky |
| Duncan Sheik | Genius | Brighter |
| Pat Metheny | Oasis | Watercolors |
| Bill Frisell | That Was Then | Good Dog, Happy Man |
| Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale | Abyss | Breathing Under Water |
| Alanis Morrisette | Underneath | Flavors of Entanglement |
| Atlantic/Pacific | Ship to Shore | Meet Your New Love* |
| Yes | Turn of the Century | Going For the One |
| XTC | Greenman | Apple Venus |
| Joni Mitchell | Shadows and Light | Shadows and Light |
| Carl Hauk | Windjammer | Windjammer* |
| Michael Hedges | Spring Buds | Torched |
| Pat Metheny Group | Naked Moon | The Road to You |
| Peter Gabriel | San Jacinto | Security |
| Viktor Krauss | Hop | II |
| Chris Squire | Lucky Seven | Fish Out of Water |
| Ralph Towner | Shadow Fountain | Blue Sun |
| Abigail Washburn | Bring Me My Queen | City of Refuge* |
| Joni Mitchell | Cool Water | Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm |
| Ellis Paul | God's Promise | The Speed of Trees |
| Leo Kottke | The Other Day | Great Big Boy |
| XTC | Smartest Monkeys | Nonsesuch |
| Elvis Costello | One Bell Ringing | National Ransom* |
| Fraser Anderson | Laces | Coming Up for Air |
| Lyle Lovett | Nobody Knows Me | ...and his Large Band |
| Mutual Admiration Society | Windmills | |
| Sting | The Book of My Life | Sacred Love |
| John Tabacco and jim Dexter | 5 Subject Notebook | Boson Kabloona Waitin' Around |
| Cassadra Wilson | Solomon Sang | New Moon Daughter |
| Atlantic/Pacific | Meet Your New Love | Meet Your New Love* |
| Wendy and Lisa | Mother of Pearl | eroica |
The Jim Dexter Show for February 1, 2011
Nothing is worth more than this day.
- Goethe