- Juana Molina | Halo (Crammed Discs)
- Various Artists | Senegal 70 (Analog Africa)
- Various Artists | New Orleans Funk Vol. 4 (Soul Jazz)
- Chicano Batman | Freedom is Free (ATO Records)
- Vieux Farka Toure | Samba (Six Degrees)
- Magnetic Fields | Selections from 50 Song Memoir (Nonesuch)
- Various Artists | Lovin' Mighty Fire (BGP)
- Oumou Sangare | Mogoya (No Format!)
- POW! | Crack an Egg (Castle Face)
- Daniel Schmidt | In My Arms, Many Flowers (s/r)
- Hot Flash Heat Wave | Soaked (OIM Records)
- Battle of Santiago | La MIgra (s/r)
- V/A | Vintage Italia (Putumayo)
- Diet Cig | Swear I'm Good at This (Frenchkiss)
- Snow Angel | S/T (Omedibles)
- Quetzal | The Eternal Getdown (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Rake It In: The Greatest Hits (Fat Wreck Chords)
- Solitary Dancer | Dualism (Dark Entries)
- Kelly Lee Owens | Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound)
- Clark | Death Peak (Warp)
- Damaged Bug | Bunker Funk (Castle Face)
- Jesus and Mary Chain | Damage and Joy (Artificial Plastic)
- Richard Osborn | Endless (Tompkins Square)
- Robyn Hitchcock | S/T (Yep Roc)
- On Fillmore | Happiness of Living (NSPY)
- Yasmine Hamdan | Al Jamilat (Hamdanistan Records / Crammed Discs)
- William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio | Bass Duo (Centering Records)
- Modern English | Take Me to the Trees (Kartel Music Group)
- Tanika Charles | Soul Run (Record Kicks)
- Liset Alea | Heart-Headed (Kwaidan)
- Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau | Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch Records)
- Tinariwen | Elwan (Anti)
- Various Artists | Nigeria Soul Fever (Soul Jazz)
- Afghan Whigs | In Spades (SubPop)
- Various Artists | New Orleans Funk Vol. 4 (Soul Jazz)