- Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan (Mais Um Discos)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- Coladera – La Dotu Lado (Agogo)
- Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa (Code 7)
- Grupo Fantasma – American Music, Vol. 7 (Blue Corn)
- Carlos Barbosa-Lima – Delicado (Zoho)
- Kaja – Oriogo (Kakafon)
- Eljuri – Resiste (Manovill)
- Umut Adan – Bahar (Riverboat)
- Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat)
- Santana – In Search of Mona Lisa (Concord)
- Public Opinion Afro Orchestra – Naming and Blaming (Hope Street)
- Rocky Dawuni – Beats of Zion (Aquarian
- Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plastica (Adami)
- Dizzy Mandjeku & Ale Kuma – De Palenque à Matongé (Zephyrus)
- 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)
- Sokratis Sinopoulos – Metamodal (ECM)
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri (Out Here)
- Samite – Resilence (Samite Music)
- Gino Sitson – Echo Chamber (Buda Musique)
- Blick Bassy – 1958 (No Format)
- Equus – Tailwind Home (Equus)
- The Vampires – Pacifica (Earshift)
- UB40 – For the Many (Shoestring)
- Andreas Arnold – Odisea (Galileo)
- Debashish Bhattacharya – Joy! Guru (Unzipped Fly)
- Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio (Finisterre)
- Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont)
- Urna & Kroke – Ser (Urna Music)
- Hama Sankare – Niafunke (Clermont)
- Co?kun Karademir – Öz (Kalan)
- Dobranotch – Mercedes Kolo (CPL)
- Gingermon – Baked to Perfection (Gingermon)
- Ukandanz – Yeketelale (Buda Musique)
- 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.