- Mamud Band – Dynamite on Stage! (Felmay)
- The Nile Project – Jinja (Zambaleta)
- Alsarah & the Nubatones – Manara (Wonderwheel)
- Clinton Fearon – This Morning (Boogie Brown Productions)
- Anda Union – Homeland (Hohot)
- Various Artists – Togo Soul 70 (Hot Casa)
- Ogun Afrobeat – Koko Iroyin (Kamala)
- Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times (Sterns Music)
- Vaudou Game – Kidayo (Hot Casa)
- Lorraine Klaasen - Nouvelle Journee (Justin Time)
- Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water (Ota)
- Gaye su Akyol – Hologram Imparatorluga (Glitterbeat)
- Systema Solar – Rumbo a Tierra (Nacional)
- Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Lojh (Petit Indies)
- Otros Aires – Perfect Tango (Galileo)
- Tiken Jah Fakoly – Racines (Barclay)
- Abou Diarra – Koya (Mix Metisse)
- Takuya Kuroda – Zigzagger (Concord)
- David Nesselhauf – Afrokraut (Legere)
- Bahama Soul Club – Havana ’58 (Buyu)
- Terrakota – Oxala (Altafonte)
- Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra – Del Ebro Al Danubio (BGKO/Diggers Music)
- Bollywood Brass Band – Carnatic Connection (Bollywood Brass Band)
- Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao (Because Music)
- Orkesta Mendoza - Vamos a Guarachar (Glitterbeat)
- Various artists – Mr. Bongo Record Club Volume One (Mr. Bongo)
- Various artists – Space Echo (Analog Africa)
- Gypsy Cuban Project – Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios (Universal Music Romania)
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better (Root Fire Cooperative)
- Bitori – The Forbidden Music of Cape Verde (Analog Africa)
- Bonga – Recados de Fora (LusAfrica)
- Mei Han & Red Chamber – Classical and Contemporary Chinese Music (ARC Music)
- Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak (Fol Musica)
- Various artists – Urgent Jumping! (Sterns Music)
- Roberto Fonseca – Abuc (Impulse)
- Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn (Riverboat)
- Yishak Banjaw – Love Songs Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)
- Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs – Cats, Dogs and Ghosts (Asphalt Tango)
- The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc)
- Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brass Like It Hot (ARC Music)