- Flamenco Passion – A Tribute to Paco de Lucia (Storyville)
- Shakti – This Moment (Abstract Logix)
- Keturah – Kethurah ((Henhouse)
- Tony Allen – Jazz Is Dead 18 (JID)
- Frigg – Perinto (Bafe’s Factory)
- Shono – Kolkhozoy Traktor (CPL-Music)
- Eliades Ochoa – Guajiro (World Circuit)
- Inna de Yard – Family Affair (Wagram)
- Dimitris Papageorgiou – Greek Bouzouki Classics (ARC Music)
- Martin Hayes – Peggy’s Dream (251 Records)
- Talking Spirits – Hands (Zephyrus)
- Easy Star All Stars – Ziggy Stardub (Easy Star)
- Dur Dur Band Int. – The Berlin Session (Out/Here)
- Kayhan Kalhor/Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere (Real World)
- Kimi Djabate – Dindin (Cumbancha)
- Marcus Gad – Ready for Battle (Balo Music)
- Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens – Music Inferno (Umsakazo)
- Plena Libre – Cuatro Esquinas (GN Musica)
- Ali Farka Toure – Voyageur (World Circuit)
- Groupa – Kind of Folk Vol. 4 Iberia (All Ice)
- Gao Hong/Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda (ARC Music)
- Driss El Maloumi – Aswat (Contre Jour)
- Matthieu Saglio – Voices (ACT Music)
- Hijaz – Hijaz + Strings (Zephryrus)
- Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth - Il fera beau demain matin jusqu'à midi (Passé Minuit en Accords)
- Ricardo Tesi – La Giusta Distanza (Visage)
- Hiram Salsano – Bucolica (Hiram Salsano)
- Ana Aisha – Gaisha (Zephyrus)
- 3’Ain – Sea of Stories (Choux de Bruxelles)
- Seckou Keita – African Rhapsodies (Claves)
- Malika Zarra – Riva (D Zel Prod)
- Meral Polat Trio – Ez Ki Me (Amarte)
- Sissoko Segal Parisien Peirani – Les Egares (No Format)
- Various – Ecuatoriana (Analog Africa)
- Damir Imamovic – The World and All It Holds (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Sheikhs Shikhats & Bnet Chaabi - Sheikhs Shikhats & Bnet Chaabi (Zephyrus)
- Tjango – Puhjantahti (Tjango)
- Luis de la Carrasca – Baro Drom (Adami)
- King Ayisoba – Work Hard (Glitterbeat)
- Roberta Roman – Le Petite Naples (Vol. 2) Operation Sultan (Entourage Contempo)
Global Village Top 40 – July 2023
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