- Garifuna Collective – Aban (Stone Tree)
- Santana – Africa Speaks (Concord)
- Altin Gun – Gece (Glitterbeat)
- Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan (Mais Um Discos)
- Otava Yo – Do You Love (ARC Music)
- Dona Onete – Rebajo (Mais Um)
- Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Monkey See Monkey Do (SlowWalk)
- Clinton Fearon – History Say (Kool Yu Foot/Brown Boogie)
- Baba Sissoko – Amadram (Home)
- Tinariwen – Amadjar (Anti-)
- Jose Antonio Rodriguez – Adios Muchachos (Moon Moosic)
- Vitto Meirelles – Da Hora (Cooking Vinyl)
- Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
- Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Kar Yagar (Bongo Joe)
- Co?kun Karademir – Öz (Kalan)
- Daniel Ho & the Suzhou Masters – Embroidering Melodies (Wind Music)
- Cimarron – Oronoco (Cimarron)
- Stick Figure – World On Fire (Ruffwood)
- Tuuletar - Rajatila / Borderline (Bafes Factory)
- Various – Rough Guide to World Jazz (World Music Network)
- Various – Journey to the Middle East (ARC Music)
- Various – Red Gold Green & Blue (Trojan Jamaica)
- Lila Downs – Al Chile (Sony)
- Bruce Cockburn – Crowing Ignites (True North)
- Los Wembler’s de Iquitos – Vision del Ayahuasca (Barbes)
- Mao Ya – Moon Over City Ruins (Rhymoi Music)
- Guo Gan Trio – Gobi Desert (Felmay)
- Alex Cuba – Sublime (Caracol)
- Boban Markovic Orkestar – Mrak (Fono)
- Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
- Monty Alexander – Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations (MACD)
- Parno Grost – Rolling Back (Fono)
- Guts – Philantropiques (Heavenly Sweetness)
- Tristan Driessens – A Folk Dancer’s Journey (Seyir)
- Rasgueo – Echo (Galileo)
- Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
- Gaizca Project – Gaizca Project (Home)
- Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna (Clermont)
- AKA Trio – Joy (Bendigedig)
- Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat)
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.