- ALABAMA SHAKES – “Adam Raised a Cain”
- PATTI SMITH – “Because the Night”
- NATALIE MAINES, BEN HARPER, and CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE – “Atlantic City”
- KEN CASEY – “American Land”
- MAVIS STAPLES and ZAC BROWN – “My City of Ruins”
- MUMFORD & SONS – “I’m On Fire”
- JACKSON BROWNE featuring TOM MORELLO – “American Skin (41 Shots)”
- EMMYLOU HARRIS – “My Hometown”
- KENNY CHESNEY – “One Step Up”
- ELTON JOHN – “Streets of Philadelphia”
- JUANES – “Hungry Heart”
- TIM MCGRAW and FAITH HILL – “Tougher Than the Rest”
- TOM MORELLO and JIM JAMES – “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
- JOHN LEGEND – “Dancing in the Dark”
- STING – “Lonesome Day”
- NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – “Born in the U.S.A.”
- NEIL PORTNOW – MusiCares Award Presentation,
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
- “We Take Care of Our Own”
- “Death to My Hometown”
- “Thunder Road”
- “Born to Run”
- “Glory Days” with Cast Ensemble