| Santos, John & The Machete Ensemble | Searchin' | | 20th Anniversary / Machete Records |
| Wendo Kolosoy | Mobembo | | Marie Louise / Harmonia Mundi Usa |
| Regional Barnabe | Receita De Samba | | Barnabe / World Village |
| Johansen, Kevin & the Nada | La Falla de San Andres | | City Zwn / Sony Music |
| Festival in Havana | Consuelate Como Yo | | Festival in Havana / Milestone |
| Valerio Longoria | Escarcha | | Valerio Longoria / Arhoolie |
| Boubacar Traore | Horonia | | Kongo Magni / World Village |
| Johnny Cash | Ring of Fire | | Essential, the / Columbia Legacy |
| Saldivar, Mingo | Rueda de Fuego | | Rough Guide to Tex Mex / World Music Network |
| Bhundu Boys | Ring of Fire | | Friends on the Road / Cooking Vinyl Ltd. |
| Africando | Son Fo | | Rough Guide Salsa Danc / World Music Network |
| Mana | No Voy A Ser Tu Esclavo | | Revolucion de Amor / Warner Music Mexico |
| New Orleans Jazz Vipers | Blue Drag | | Swing Around the World / Putumayo World Music |
| Ry Cooder | Poor Man's Shangri-La | | Chavez Ravine / Nonesuch/Atlantic |
| Tom & Joy | Broadway | | Antigua / Tommy Boy |
| Benebar | Vade Retro Telephone | | Les Risques du Metier / BMG |
| Strunz & Farah | Bandari | | Desert Guitars / Selva, Inc. |
| Ismael Lo | Dibi Dibi Rek | | Jammu Africa / Triloka Records |
| Swap | Se Pa Tv | | Du Da / Northside |
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Jhanjra | | Kiran Ahluwalia / Triloka/Artemis |
| Kila | Glanfaidh Me | | Luna Park / World Village |
| Harv | Grythyttehyl | | Polka Raggioso / Northside |
| Immigrant Suns | Serpentine | | Back From Durbecca / Schoolkids' Records |
| Olov Johansson | Ridmarsch Efter Bohlin | | Storsvarten / Northside |
| Zuco 103 | Nha | | Whaa! / Six Degrees Records |
| Mariza | Fado Portugues De Nos | | Transparente / Times Square Records |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | Como El Arrullo De Palma | | Buenos Hermanos / World Circuit |
| Hugh Masekela | Ibala Lam | | Revival / Heads Up International |
| Les Go | I Can't Go for That | | Dan Gna / Juna |
| Taraf De Metropulitana | Espresso | | Rough Guide Balkan Gypsies / World Music Network |
| Nickelcreek | The Smoothie Song | | This Side / Sugar Hill Records |
| Horace X | Puppet Show | | Strategy / Omnium Recordings |
| Fiamma Fumana | 1.0 | | 1.0 / Omnium Recordings |
| Rachid Taha | Rock El Casbah | | Tekitoi / Wrasse Records |
| Issa Bagayogo | Diama Don | | Tassoumakan / Six Degrees Records |
| Antibalas | Go Je Je | | Government Magic / Afrosound Records |
| the Poozies | Ged Is Graniach An Latha | | Rough Guide Celtic Music / World Music Network |
| Juan-Carlos Formell | Angel De Amor | | Cemeteries & Desire / Narada |
| Clooney, Rosemary | One Note Samba | | Brazil / Concord Jazz |
| The Whites | Keep on the Sunny Side | | O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury |
| Mamadou & Vanessa | Fula | | Nacama / Self Release |
| Amadou & Mariam | M'bife Balafon | | Dimanche A Bamako / Nonesuch |
| Farzin | Yod Kardam | | Rough Guide Central Asia / World Music Network |
| Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle | Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) | | You've Stolen My Heart / Nonesuch/Atlantic |
| Sierra Maestra | El Son no Puede Fallar | | Son: Soul of a Nation / Riverboat Records |
| Hassan Hakmoun | Layla Layla | | Gift, the / Triloka Records |
| Tito Puente | Black Brothers | | Rough Guide to Tito Puente / World Music Network |
| Timbalada | Braseira Ardia | | Tribal Bahia / Universal Music Latino |
