- Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
- Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
- Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - 40° of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
- Sori Kandia Kouyate - La Voix de La Revolution (Sterns Music)
- Cassandra Wilson - Another Country (E One)
- Manuel Galban - Blue Cha Cha (Concord Picante)
- Melody Gardot - The Absence (Decca)
- Ablaye Cissoko/Volker Goetze - Amanke Dionti (Motema)
- Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
- The Spy from Cairo - Arabadub (Wonder Wheel)
- Anoushka Shankar - Traveller (Deutsche Gramophon)
- Paul Simon - Graceland (Legacy)
- Pancho Alvarez - Sonche Atlantico (Fol Musica)
- Enzo Avitable - Black Tarantella (CNI Music)
- Sidi Toure - Koima (Thrill Jockey)
- Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - En Yey Sah (Luaka Bop)
- Reorient - Undiscovered Time (Arc Music)
- Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Sunpower)
- Samite - Trust (Samite)
- Calibro 35 - Any Resemblance to Real Persons Or Actual Facts (NuBlu)
- KonKoma - KonKoma (Soundway)
- English Beat - Keep the Beat (Shout! Factory)
- Project Trio - Random Roads Collection (Tummy Touch)
- Ravi Shankar - The Very Best of Ravi Shankar (EMI Classics)
- Various - Radio Beirut (Galileo)
- Debo Band - Debo Band (Next Ambiance)
- Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Radio Salome (Cumbancha)
- The Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL Music)
- Various - Arabic Beat (Putumayo)
- Imani Uzuri - The Gypsy Diaries (Imani Izuri)
- The Archives - The Archives (ESL Music)
- Varttina - Utu (Westpark)
- Tom Teasley - All The World's A Stage (T&T Music)
- Hamilton de Holanda - Brasilianos 3 (Adventure Music)
- Various - Long Live Boogaloo (Secret Stash)
- Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde (Crammed Discs)
- Carol Saboya - Belezas (AAM)
- Kottarashky and the Rain Dogs - Demoni (Asphalt Tango)
- Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)
- Paco de Lucia - En Vivo (Decca)
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.