- Rhiannon Giddens – There Is No Other (Nonesuch)
- Tristan Driessens – A Folk Dancer’s Journey (Seyir)
- Santana – Africa Speaks (Concord)
- Cimarron – Orinoco (Cimarron)
- Co?kun Karademir – Öz (Kalan)
- Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Kar Yagar (Bongo Joe)
- Guo Gan Trio – Gobi Desert (Felmay)
- Rasgueo – Echo (Galileo)
- Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
- Gaizca Project – Gaizca Project (Home)
- Natu Camara – Dimedi (Natuwenta)
- Various – Ska Around the World (Putumayo)
- Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Times of Maharajas (Arc Music)
- Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan (Mais Um Discos)
- Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Traversees (Autra)
- Various – Rough Guide to Mali Blues (World Music Network)
- Monkuti – Vile (Nootropic Lab)
- Yimon Muallem – Back Home (Galileo)
- Taichmania – Seventh Heaven (Taichmania)
- Kokoko! – Fongola (Transgressive)
- Katchafire – Legacy (Katchafire/Zojak)
- Söndörg? - Nyolc 8 Nyolc (SNDRG)
- Tiken Jah Fakoly – Le Monde Est Chaud (Barclay)
- Coladera – La Dotu Lado (Agogo)
- Yapunto – Yapunto (Yapunto)
- Dong Xi – Out of the Blue (Dong Xi)
- Romano Drom – Give Me Wine (Riverboat)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- Cimbalom Brothers – Brotherhood/Testveriseg (Fono)
- Various Artists – Cumbia Beat Vol. 3 (Vampi Soul)
- Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna (Clermont)
- AKA Trio – Joy (Bendigedig)
- Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance (Adami)
- Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiario (Uguru)
- Dizzy Mandjeku & Ale Kuma – De Palenque à Matongé (Zephyrus)
- Altin Gun – Gece (Glitterbeat)
- Umut Adan – Bahar (Riverboat)
- Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat)
- Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio (Finisterre)
- Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont)
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.