Red Baraat - Shruggy Ji (Sinj)
- Cesaria Evora - Mae Carinhosa (LusAfrica)
- Narinkka - Suomiklezmer (Narinkka)
- Ballake Sissoko - At Peace (Six Degrees)
- Richard Thompson - Electric (New West)
- Various - Pop Yeh Yeh (Sublime Frequencies)
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama Ko (Out Here)
- Lorraine Klaasen - A Tribute to Miriam Makeba (Justin Time)
- Koby Israelite - Blues from Elsewhere (Asphalt Tango)
- Fela - The Best of the Black President 2 (Knitting Factory)
- Leni Stern - Smoke, No Fire (Leni Stern)
- Jussi Reijonen - Un (Jussi Reijonen)
- Beausoleil - From Bamako to Carencro (Compass)
- Karine Polwart - Threshold (Borealis)
- Various - Rough Guide to Cumbia (World Music Network)
- Melech Mechaya - Melech Mechaya (Felmay)
- Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
- Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
- Monoswezi - The Village (Riverboat)
- Various - Afrosoul (Buda Musique)
- Creole Choir of Cuba - Santiman (RealWorld)
- Various - Rough Guide to Irish Music (World Music Network)
- Melech Mechaya - Melech Mechaya (Felmay)
- Various - Robert Soko: Balkan Beats Soundlab (Piranha)
- Ze Luis - Serenata (LusAfrica)
- Various - Rough Guide to Cumbia (World Music Network)
- Various - Cantigas de Mulleres (Fol Musica)
- Ricardo Tesi - Cameristico (Materiali Sonori)
- Eric Clapton - Old Sock (Surfdog)
- Joe Driscoll/Sekou Kouyate - Faya (Localization)
- Omar Sosa - Eggun (OTA)
- Fanga/Maalem Abdallah Guinea - Fangnawa Experience (Strut)
- L’Arpeggiata - Mediterranean (Virgin Classics)
- Tania Maria - Canto (Naïve)
- Various - Live from Festival au Desert (Clermont Music)
- Alaturka - Yalniz (Tzigane)
- Zani Diabate - Tientalaw (Sterns Music)
- Rodrigo Romani - As Arpas de Breogan (Fol Musica)
- Various - Rough Guide to Samba (World Music Network)
- Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal (World Music Network)
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.