- Public Opinion Afro Orchestra – Naming and Blaming (Hope Street)
- Rocky Dawuni – Beats of Zion (Aquarian)
- Various Artists – Rough Guide to Women of the World (World Music Network)
- Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio (Finisterre)
- Umut Adan – Bahar (Riverboat)
- Ukandanz – Yeketelale (Buda Musique)
- Urna & Kroke – Ser (Urna Music)
- Various Artists – Ska Around the World (Putumayo)
- Amina Kheir – Mystic Dance (Sterns Music)
- Joce Mienniel – Babel (Buda Musique)
- Le Vent du Nord – Territoires (Borealis)
- Various Artists – Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe (World Music Network)
- Gingermon – Baked to Perfection (Gingermon)
- Vaudou Game – Otodi (Hot Casa)
- Irene Mawela – Let’s Rejoice (Umsakazo)
- Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band - Siri Ba Kele (Sublime Frequencies)
- Various Artists – This is Frafra Power (Makkum)
- Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad (ILé Akwa Producciones)
- The Gloaming – 3 (RealWorld)
- Frederico 7 – Exotico Americano (Frederico 7)
- Debashish Bhattacharya – Joy! Guru (Unzipped Fly)
- Dawda Jobarteh – I Met Her By the River (Sterns Music)
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri (Out Here)
- Jaro Milko & the Cubalkanics – Zivot (SFA Distribution)
- Santana – In Search of Mona Lisa (Concord)
- Bandadriatica – Odissea (Finisterre)
- Benin International Musical – BIM #1 (World Tour)
- Doctor Nativo – Guatamaya (Stonetree)
- Breabach – Frenzy of the Meeting (Breabach)
- Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora – Written in Water (Shoogle)
- Tartit – Amankor/The Exile (Riverboat)
- Various – The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Craft)
- Ali Hassan Kuban – From Nubia to Cairo (Piranha)
- Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda – El Ndjoum (Airfono)
- Le Trio Joubran – The Long March (Cooking Vinyl)
- Afro Celt Sound System – Flight (ECC)
- Damily - Valimbilo (Bongo Joe)
- Catarina dos Santos – Radio Kriola (ARC Music)
- Samite – Resilence (Samite Music)
- Minyeshu – Daa Dee (ARC Music)
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.