- Malagasy Guitar Masters – Volo Hazo (Buda Musique)
- Catrin Finch/Seckou Keita – Soar (ARC Music)
- Lucibela – Laco Umbilical (LusAfrica)
- Stick in the Wheel – Follow Them True (From Here)
- Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cosmico (Glitterbeat)
- Samurai Accordion – Te (Visage)
- Femi Kuti – One People, One World (Knitting Factory)
- Djeneba & Fousco – Kayeba Khasso (LusAfrica)
- Nancy Vieira -Manha Florida (LusAfrica)
- Sly & Robbie Meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed (Echo Beach)
- Gabacho Maroc – Tawassol (Sony)
- Spanglish Fly – Ay Que Boogaloo! (Chaco)
- Oumar Kounate – Live in Bamako (Clermont)
- Nutopia – Nomad (Karmakosmetix)
- Modus Quartet – Facing East (CPL-Music)
- Julio Pereira – Praca do Comercio (Tradisom)
- Dirt Music – Bu Bir Ruya (Glitterbeat)
- The Gloaming – Live at the NCH (RealWorld)
- The Turbans – The Turbans (Six Degrees)
- Sidi Toure – Toubalbero (Thrill Jockey)
- Sameer Gupta – A Circle Has No Beginning (Sameer Gupta)
- Kora Jazz Trio – Part IV (Giro Music)
- Lunasa – Cas (Lunasa)
- L’Alba – A Parulluccia (Ma Case)
- Brenda Navarette – Nu Mundo (Alma)
- Maya Youseff – Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi)
- Karavan Serai – Painted Sands (Karavan Serai)
- Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband – Es:Sensual (Ota)
- Imarhan – Temet (City Slang)
- Gili Yalo – Gili Yalo (Dead Sea)
- Hollie Cook – Vessel of Love (Merge)
- Moh! Kouyate – Fe Toki (Foli Son)
- Tootard – Laisser Passer (Glitterbeat)
- El Naan – La Danza de Las Semillas (El Naan)
- Monsieur Doumani – Angathin (Monsieur Doumani)
- Gaiteiros de Lisboa – A Historia (Uguru)
- Emilia Lajunen/Suvi Oskala – Piilokisa (Nordic Notes)
- Afrika Mamas – Iphupho (ARC Music)
- Nordic Raga – Nordic Raga (Riverboat)3
- 3MA – Anarouz (Mad Minute)