artist/ song/ album/ label
Pape Fall & African Salsa/ Artisanat/ Artisanat/ Stern's
Africando Allstars/ Miye Na We/ Mandali/ Stern's

Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate w Ramata Diakite/ Honey Bee/ Kulanjan/ Hannibal
Dee Dee Bridgewater w Ramata Diakite/ Mama Don't Ever Go Away/ Red Earth/ DDB
(Ramata Diakite passed away from illness in late October, aged 35.)

Yat Kha/ Kaldaki Khamar/ Dalai Baldiri/ Wicklow
Huun-Huur-Tu/ Dyngyldai/ Where Young Grass Grows/ Shanachie
Bakeybek Shatenov/ Alymkan/ Shuudungut's Road/ Frequency Glide
Huun-Huur-Tu & Carmen Rizzo/ Ancestor's Call/ Eternal/ Green Wave
Susheela Raman/ Amba/ Love Trap/ Narada World

Sur Sudha/ Raja Mati/ Images of Nepal/ Domo
Kiran Ahluwalia/ Haath Apne/ Wanderlust/ Times Square
Mariza/ Loucara/ Fado Em Mim/ Times Square

Bnat El Ghiwane/ Ya Leriyah El Aasfa/ Ya Leriyah El Aasfa/ MCPE
Fatna Bent el HoucineTaala Fine Ghadi/ Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco/ World Music Network
Khaled/ Liberte/ Liberte/ Wrasse
Natacha Atlas/ Beny Ou Benak Eih/ Ana Hina/ World Village

Hukwe Zawose/ Nghanga Msakuzi/ Chibite/ Real World
Tondo/ Wanawake/ Tanzanian Classics/ Dakar Sound

Queen Jane/ Nduraga Ngwetereire/ Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya/ World Music Network