- Santana – Santana IV (Thirty Tigers)
- Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home (Sony Masterworks)
- Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – 1000 Watts (Tru Thoughts)
- Jah Works – Believe (Riddim House)
- Afro Haitian Experimental Orchestra – A-H-E-O (Glitterbeat)
- Various – Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz (World Music Network)
- Various – Rough Guide to South African Jazz (World Music Network)
- Michael Doucet & Tom Rigney – Cajun Fandango (Parhelion)
- Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues (Label Bleu)
- Imarhan – Imarhan (City Slang)
- Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang – Tankadi (Label Bleu)
- Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – It’s Time (Slow Walk Music)
- The Wailers – The Wailing Wailers (Studio One/Yep Roc)
- The Sachel Ensemble – Song of Lahore (Universal Music Classics)
- 9Bach – Anian (RealWorld)
- Eliades Ochoa – Guajira + Mas Guajira (Tumi)
- Jean-Luc Thomas/Ravichandra Kulur – Magic Flutes (Hirustica)
- Breabach – Astar (Breabach)
- Lakou Mizik – Wa Di You (Cumbancha)
- La Banda Morisca – Algarabya (Fol Musica)
- Fela Ransome Kuti & Koola Lobitos – Highlife-Jazz and Afro Soul (Knitting Factory)
- Allen Toussaint – American Tunes (Nonesuch)
- Buyepongo – Todo Mundo (Buyepongo)
- M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla (Glitterbeat)
- Leni Stern – Dakar Suite (Leni Stern)
- Natty Nation – Divine Spark (iNatty)
- Various – Space Echo: Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound (Analog Africa)
- Hazmat Modine – Extra-Deluxe-Supreme (Barbes)
- Bert Jansch – From the Outside (Earth)
- Ziggy Marley – Ziggy Marley (Tuff Gong)
- Ouomar Konate – Maya Maya (Clermont Music)
- Bill Laurence – Aftersun (Ground Up)
- Terceto Kali – Terceto Kali (Jason McGuire Music)
- Taj Weekes & Adowa – Love, Herb & Reggae (Jatta)
- 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source (ECC)
- Amjad Ali Khan/Rahim Alhaj – Infinite Hope (UR Music)
- Bombino – Azel (Partisan)
- Ebo Taylor – Twer Nyame & My Love and Music (Mr. Bongo)
- Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Sound City (Finis Terra)
- Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold (Deutsche Grammophon)