- Red Baraat - Shruggy Ji (Sinj)
- Various - The Cosimo Matassa Story (Proper)
- Various - Pop Yeh Yeh (Sublime Frequencies)
- Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
- World Kora Trio - Korazon (Cristal)
- Richard Thompson - Electric (New West)
- Monoswezi - The Village (Riverboat)
- Ballake Sissoko - At Peace (Six Degrees)
- Fanga/Maalem Abdallah Guinea - Fangnawa Experience (Strut)
- Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Lume Lume (Fedora Upside Down)
- Various - Diablos del Ritmo (Analog Africa)
- Various - Cumbia Beat Vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
- Various - Rough Guide to Samba (World Music Network)
- Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal (World Music Network)
- Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged on Strawberry Hill (Metropolis)
- Leni Stern - Smoke, No Fire (Leni Stern)
- Cristina Pato - Migrations (Sunnyside)
- Jussi Reijonen - Un (Jussi Reijonen)
- Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
- Tunji Oyelana - A Nigerian Retrospective (Soundway)
- Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
- Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen - The Satie Project II (Daywood Drive)
- Samuel Yirga - Guzo (RealWorld)
- Custodio Castelo - InVentus (Arc Music)
- Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona - Folkpolitik (Finis Terre)
- Sekouba Bambino - The Griot's Craft (Sterns Music)
- Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
- Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou (Nonesuch)
- Zani Diabate - Tientalaw (Sterns Music)
- Rodrigo Romani - As Arpas de Breogan (Fol Musica)
- Quadro Nuevo - Grand Voyage (Justin Time)
- Aaron Neville - My True Story (Blue Note)
- Poncho Sanchez - Live in Hollywood (Concord Picante)
- Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band - Ritmo! (Clavo)
- Ravi Shankar - The Living Room Sessions Part 1 (East Meets West)
- DeLeon - Tremor Fantasma (DeLeon)
- Ana Alcaide - La Cantiga del Fuego (Arc Music)
- Pete Escovedo - Live from Stern Grove (Concord Picante)
- Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis - Greekadelia (Riverboat)
- Peter Ostroushko - The Mando Chronicles (Red House)