- Fatou Diawara - Fatou (Nonesuch)
- Easy Star All-Stars - Thrillah (Easy Star)
- Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
- Quadro Nuevo - Grand Voyage (Justin Time)
- Bester Quartet - Metamorphoses (Tzadik)
- Afro Funk - Body Music (Secret Stash)
- Lijadu Sisters - Horizon Unlimited (Knitting Factory)
- Various - London's Calling (Culture Clash)
- Ensemble Polaris - Uncharted Waters (Pipistrelle Music)
- Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
- Various - Songs for Desert Refugees (Glitterhouse)
- Debo Band - Debo Band (Next Ambiance)
- Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Sunpower)
- Manuel Galban - Blue Cha Cha (Concord Picante)
- Samite - Trust (Samite)
- Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
- Luciana Souza - Duos III (Sunnyside)
- Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - 40° of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
- Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde (Crammed Discs)
- Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
- Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Radio Salome (Cumbancha)
- Daniela Nardi - Espresso manifesto (Minerva Road Entertainment)
- Los Lobos - Kiko (Shout! Factory)
- Los Straitjackets - Jet Set (Yep Rock)
- The Spy from Cairo - Arabadub (Wonder Wheel)
- Bandadriatica - Arriva la Banda! (Finis Terre)
- Clinton Fearon - Heart and Soul (Brown Boogie Productions)
- Melody Gardot - The Absence (Decca)
- Imani Uzuri - The Gypsy Diaries (Imani Izuri)
- 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra - Adbul the Rabbi (4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra)
- Royal Band of Thies - Kadior Demb (Teranga Beat)
- Varttina - Utu (Westpark)
- Hamilton de Holanda - Brasilianos 3 (Adventure Music)
- The Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL Music)
- KonKoma - KonKoma (Soundway)
- Various - Long Live Boogaloo (Secret Stash)
- Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - En Yey Sah (Luaka Bop)
- Calibro 35 - Any Resemblance to Real Persons Or Actual Facts (NuBlu)
- Various - Radio Beirut (Galileo)
- Various - Arabic Beat (Putumayo)
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.