- BKO – Bamako – Bongo Joe Records
- Minyeshu – Netsa – ARC Music
- Folkatomik – Polaris – CalabriaSona
- Cumbiamuffin – Cumbiamuffin – Hyperopia
- Paris Combo – Quesaco? – Six Degrees
- Khiyo – Bondona – ARC Music
- Cimarrón – La Recia – Cimarrón
- Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer – Anti-
- Oriental Brothers International Band – Oku Ngwo Di Ochi – Palenque Records
- Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos – ATO Records
- Elif Sanchez – Mi Voz – Pasion Turca
- Vieux Farka Toure- Les Racines – World Circuit
- Playing for Change Band – The Real Revolution – Playing For Change Records
- Lucibela – Amdjer – Lusafrica
- Xiomara Torres – La Voz del Mar – Patois Records
- Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Echo – bendigedig
- New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
- Maga Bo – Amor (É Revolução) – Kaxambu Records
- Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
- Julian Belbachir – Babdoukkala – Julian Belbachir
- Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
- Horzines Stara – Bords de Terre-Dubhe – Vlad Productions
- Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
- Congotronics International – Where’s The One – Crammed Discs
- Collectif Medz Bazar – Insanistan – Collectif Medz Bazar
- Les Fils Canouche – Nagori – Vlad Productions
- Lily Henley – Oras Dezaoradas – Lior éditions
- Eccodek – Recalibrate – Six Degrees
- Maija Kauhanen – Menneet – Nordic Notes