Tiken Jah Fakoly – Racines (Barclay)
- Lorraine Klaasen - Nouvelle Journee (Justin Time)
- Various – Tanbou Toujou Lou (Ostinato)
- Various artists – Urgent Jumping! (Sterns Music)
- Jean-Guihen Queyras – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions (Harmonia Mundi)
- Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brass Like It Hot (ARC Music)
- Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra – Del Ebro Al Danubio (BGKO/Diggers Music)
- Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao (Because Music)
- Damakase – Gunfan Yellem! (Captain Pouch)
- Terrakota – Oxalá (Terrakota)
- Vieux Kante – The Young Man’s Harp (Sterns Music)
- Constantinople – Passages (Buda Musique)
- Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times (Sterns Music)
- Etienne de la Seyette – Maputo Queens (Paris DJs)
- Money Chicha – Echo in Mexico (VampiSoul)
- Brian Marsalla’s Imaginarium – The Clocks Have Gone Mad (Marseland Music)
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better (Root Fire Cooperative)
- Mariza – Mundo (Nonesuch)
- Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang – Tankadi (Label Bleu)
- Sondorgo – Live Wires (Riverboat)
- Otros Aires – Perfect Tango (Galileo)
- Quantic – 1000 Watts (Tru Thoughts)
- Bitori – The Forbidden Music of Cape Verde (Analog Africa)
- The Frightnrs – Nothing More to Say (Daptone)
- Various – Putumayo Presents African Rumba (Putumayo)
- Orkesta Mendoza - Vamos a Guarachar (Glitterbeat)
- Bonga – Recados de For a (LusAfrica)
- Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever (Verve)
- Yishak Banjaw – Love Songs Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)
- Cigdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes (Asphalt Tango)
- Various – Mornas de Cabo Verde (LusAfrica)
- Dr. John – The Musical Mojo of Dr. John (Concord)
- The Meters – A Message from the Meters (Atco/Rhino)
- Andy Narell - Dis 1. 4. Raf (Listen 2)
- The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc)
- Takuya Kuroda – Zigzagger (Concord)
- Palo! – Yo Quiero Guarachar (Rolling Pin)
- Eljuri – La Lucha (Manovill)
- Mei Han & Red Chamber – Classical and Contemporary Chinese Music (ARC Music)
- Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina (Glitterbeat)