1. AnoushkaShankar – Land of Gold (Deutsche Grammophon)
2. Buyepongo – Todo Mundo (Buyepongo)
3. Fela Ransome Kuti & Koola Lobitos – Highlife-Jazz and Afro Soul (Knitting Factory)
4. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di You (Cumbancha)
5. Various – Rough Guide to a World of Psychedelia (World Music Network)
6. Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – It’s Time (Slow Walk Music)
7. Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home (Sony Masterworks)
8. Bombino – Azel (Partisan)
9. Amjad Ali Khan & Rahim Alhaj – Infinite Hope (UR Music)
10. Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner Volume Two (Ground Up Music)
11. Rokia Traore – Ne So (Nonesuch)
12. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya (Fol Musica)
13. Michael Messer's Mitra - Call of the Blues (Knife Edge)
14. Sociedade Recreative - Sociedade Recreative (Veev)
15. Fanfare Ciocarlia – Onwards to Mars! (Asphalt Tango)
16. Various – Rough Guide to South African Jazz (World Music Network)
17. Carrie Rodriguez – Lola (Thirty Tigers)
18. Sidestepper - Supernatural Love (RealWorld)
19. Solas - All Those Years (THL)
20. Sultans of String - Subcontinental Drift (McKhool)
21. Baaba Maal – The Traveler (Palm)
22. Imarhan – Imarhan (City Slang)
23. Eliades Ochoa – Guajira + Mas Guajira (Tumi)
24. Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights – Quelbe! (Smithsonian Folkways)
25. Various – The Same Heart (Motema)
26. Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil – Dois Amigos (Nonesuch)
27. Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band – Taabaku (Eni Obanke)
28. Snowboy & the Latin Section – New York Afternoon (Snowboy)
29. Golden Dawn Arkestra – Stargazer (Modern Imperial)
30. Debo Band – Ere Gobez (FPE)
31. Natty Nation – Divine Spark (iNatty)
32. Snarky Puppy – Culcha Vulcha (Ground Up)
33. Ebo Taylor – Twer Nyame (Mr. Bongo)
34. Michael Doucet & Tom Rigney – Cajun Fandango (Parhelion)
35. Pare – Hausjarvi Beat (Zebo)
36. Aziza Brahim - Abbar El Hamada (Glitterbeat)
37. Los Hacheros - Babmulaye (Chulo)
38. Paco el Lobo - - Flamenco (Buda Musique)
39. Taj Weekes & Adowa - Love, Herb & Reggae (Jatta/Vpal)
40. Zme13 – Rough Romanian Soul (Six Degrees)
