- Vaudou Game – Kidayo (Hot Casa)
- Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever (Verve)
- Various artists – Mr. Bongo Record Club Volume One (Mr. Bongo)
- The Olympians – The Olympians (Daptone)
- Damakase – Gunfan Yellem! (Captain Pouch)
- Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra – Del Ebro Al Danubio (BGKO/Diggers Music)
- Tiken Jah Fakoly – Racines (Barclay)
- Bollywood Brass Band – Carnatic Connection (Bollywood Brass Band)
- Abou Diarra – Koya (Mix Metisse)
- The Frightnrs – Nothing More to Say (Daptone)
- Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak (Fol Musica)
- Brian Marsalla’s Imaginarium – The Clocks Have Gone Mad (Marseland Music)
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better (Root Fire Cooperative)
- Eljuri – La Lucha (Manovill)
- Various artists – Urgent Jumping! (Sterns Music)
- Takuya Kuroda – Zigzagger (Concord)
- Palo! – Yo Quiero Guarachar (Rolling Pin)
- Etienne de la Seyette – Maputo Queens (Paris DJs)
- Roberto Fonseca – Abuc (Impulse)
- Bahama Soul Club – Havana ’58 (Buyu)
- Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band – 55 (Big Crown)
- Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn (Riverboat)
- Yishak Banjaw – Love Songs Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)
- Otros Aires – Perfect Tango (Galileo)
- Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs – Cats, Dogs and Ghosts (Asphalt Tango)
- Okra Playground – Turmio (Nordic Notes)
- The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc)
- Tom Teasley – Eastern Journey (T2)
- David Nesselhauf – Afrokraut (Legere)
- Mickey Hart – Planet Drum (Universal)
- Lorraine Klaasen - Nouvelle Journee (Justin Time)
- Jean-Guihen Queyras – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions (Harmonia Mundi)
- Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brass Like It Hot (ARC Music)
- Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao (Because Music)
- Terrakota – Oxalá (Terrakota)
- Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times (Sterns Music)
- Bitori – The Forbidden Music of Cape Verde (Analog Africa)
- Orkesta Mendoza - Vamos a Guarachar (Glitterbeat)
- Bonga – Recados de Fora (LusAfrica)
40. Mei Han & Red Chamber – Classical and Contemporary Chinese Music (ARC Music)