- Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband – Es:Sensual (Ota)
- Gladiators – Full Time (Omnivore/Nighthawk)
- Boubacar Traore – Dounia Tabolo (LusAfrica)
- The Expanders – Old Time Something Come Back Again Vol. 2 (Easy Star)
- Julio Pereira – Praco do Comercio (Tradisom)
- Orchestre Les Mangelepa – Last Band Standing (Strut)
- Various Artists – The Original Sound of Burkina Faso (Mr. Bongo)
- Eoin Dillon – Pondelorum (Buda Musique)
- Che Sudaka – Almas Rebeldes (Cavernicola)
- La Misa Negra – La Misa Negra (NAM Entertainment)
- Baraka Moon – Wind Horse (Baraka Moon)
- Jivan Gasparyan Dudek Ensemble – Yeraz (Buda Musique)
- Ilios Sterynnis – Bethany Project (Ilios Sterynnis)
- Hama Sankare – Ballebe (Clermont Music)
- Ethiopian & His All Stars – The Return of Jack Sparrow (Omnivore/Nighthawk)
- Hilario Duran – Contumbao (Alma)
- Rafiki Jazz – Har Dam Sahara (Riverboat)
- Various Artists – Andina (Tiger’s Milk)
- Da Cruz – Eco Do Futuro (Boom Jah)
- Various – Sweet as Broken Dates (Ostinato)
- Ranky Tanky – Ranky Tanky (Ranky Tanky)
- Maya Youssef – Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi)
- Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma – Lunar (Daly/Thoma)
- Efran Lopez, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos (Buda Musique)
- Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Indian Groove (Putumayo)
- Various – Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa (World Music Network)
- Hasa-Mazzotta – Novilunio (Ponderosa)
- Canzoniere Grecanico Salentio – Canzoniere (Ponderosa)
- Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho – Between the Sky and Prairie (Wind Music)
- Raul Rodriguez – La Raiz Electrica (Fol Musica)
- Pipo Romero – Folklorico (Sony Music)
- Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music/Justin Time)
- Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams (ECM)
- Officina Zoe – Live in India (Kurumuny)
- Ruben Blades – Salsa Big Band (Ruben Blades)
- Paa Kow – Cookpot (Paa Kow Music)
- Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan (World Circuit)
- Songhoy Blues – Reistance (Fat Possum)
- Leila Gobi – 2017 (Clermont Music)
- Moh! Kouyate – Fe Toki (Foli Son)