- Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiario (Uguru)
- Dizzy Mandjeku & Ale Kuma – De Palenque à Matongé (Zephyrus)
- Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan (Mais Um Discos)
- Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Kar Yagar (Bongo Joe)
- Cimarron – Orinoco (Cimarron)
- Yapunto – Yapunto (Yapunto)
- Madalitso Band – Wasalala (Bongo Joe)
- Söndörg? - Nyolc 8 Nyolc (SNDRG)
- Flook – Ancora (Flatfish)
- Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Traversees (Autra)
- Altin Gun – Gece (Glitterbeat)
- Romano Drom – Give Me Wine (Riverboat)
- Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Uhuru Yenzu – Hitsville Revisited (Mr. Bongo)
- Dong Xi – Out of the Blue (Dong Xi)
- Coladera – La Dotu Lado (Agogo)
- Lila Downs – Al Chili (Sony)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa (Code 7)
- Kaja – Oriogo (Kakafon)
- Eljuri – Resiste (Manovill)
- Umut Adan – Bahar (Riverboat)
- Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat)
- Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plastica (Adami)
- Vasen – Rule of 3 (NorthSide)
- Hoodna Orchestra – Ofel (Agogo)
- Various artists – Journey to the Middle East (ARC Music)
- Various artists – Ska Around the World (Putumayo)
- Monkuti – Vile (Nootropic Lab)
- Samite – Resilence (Samite Music)
- Gino Sitson – Echo Chamber (Buda Musique)
- Blick Bassy – 1958 (No Format)
- UB40 – For the Many (Shoestring)
- Andreas Arnold – Odisea (Galileo)
- Debashish Bhattacharya – Joy! Guru (Unzipped Fly)
- Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio (Finisterre)
- Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont)
- Co?kun Karademir – Öz (Kalan)
- Dobranotch – Mercedes Kolo (CPL)
- Kheireiddine Mkachiche/Manuel Hermia – Bahdja (Igloo)
- Le Vent du Nord – Territoires (Borealis)
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.