| The Open Door Orchestra [USA] | Rain Song | A Sound in the Universe | Primal Future Now |
| Jorane [Canada] | Por Ton Sourire | The You and the Now | Six Degrees |
| Kela Griots [Mali] | Morning la Djenne | Bush Taxi Mali | Sublime Frequencies |
| Super Rail Band [Mali] | Mansa | African Blues | World Music Network |
| Kela [Mali] | Autorail | Bush Taxi Mali | Sublime Frequencies |
| Mamadou Diabate [Mali] | Djelimory | Tunga | Alula |
| Omar Sosa [Cuba] | Dos Caminos | Mulatos | Ota records |
| Astor Piazzolla [Argentina] | Bandoneon | The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla | World Music Network |
| Cesaria Evora [Cape Verde islands] | Miss Perfumado | African Blues | World Music Network |
| Gianmaria Testa [Italy] | Il Meglio de Ti | Altres Latitudini | Le Chant du Monde |
| Taraf De Haiduks [Romania] | A Stork Crossed the Road | Band of Gypsies | Nonesuch |
| Trio Mopmu [Bay Area] | Krivo Sadovsko | Torta Bulgarska | Odd Shaped Case |
| Romica Puceanu [Romania] | Vantule Bataia Ta | Gypsy Queens | World Network |
| Matisyahn [USA] | Exaltation | The So Called seder | J Dub records |
| Gangbe Brass Band [Benin] | Nonbioto | Whendo | Contre Jour |
| Moussa Doumbia [Mali] | Keleya | World psychedelic Classics | Luaka Bop |
| Candido Oye Oba [Nigeria, Bay Area] | E- Mura | Adura Power | Asela Music |
| Stephen Kent w. Yassir Chadly [Bay Area, Morocco] | Ya Rabbi Bil Mustapha | Oil & Water | Family Tree |
