| Artist | Album | Title | Label | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyx Lax | O Hlios Tou Xeimona Me Melaxolei | To Zeibekiko Tis Athinas | Minos EMI | No |
| Eleftheria Arvanitakh | Ola Sto Fws | San Aeraki | Sony Music Greece | No |
| Paolo Fresu; Daniele Di Bonaventura; A Filetta | Mistico Mediterraneo | La Folie Du Cardinal | ECM | No |
| Peio Serbielle | Euskadi Kanta Lur | Txori Erresinula | No | |
| Rachid Taha | Olé, Olé | Baadini | Barclay / Mango-Island | No |
| Scott Petito | Sbass Music | Communication in the Presence of Noise | Self-released | No |
| Babu Fakir | Introducing- Sufi Fakirs of Bengal | Ay Boro Peer | World Network | No |
| Jagjit Singh | Life Story | Gum Sum Ye Jahan Hai | No | |
| Sviraj! | One to Remember | Sviraj Ciganine | Omnium | No |
| Natacha Atlas | Diaspora | Leysh Nat'arak | Beggars / MCA | No |
| Fred Elias | Soul of the East | Temple of the Veils | Self-released | No |
| Richard A. Hagopian and Omar Faruk Tekbilek | Gypsy Fire | Minoush | Traditional Crossroads | No |
| Googoosh | Googoosh | Gharibe Ashena | B-Music | No |
| Tony Gouveia | Fado Ardente | Vira A Cara | Self-Released | No |
| Gigi | Illuminated Audio | Abet Wubet | Palm Pictures | No |
| Bombino | Agadez | Tar Hani | Cumbancha | No |
| Vieux Farka Touré | The Secret | Sokosondou | Six Degrees | No |
| Agricantus | Tuareg | Tuareg | CNI | No |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets | Downtown Train | Capitol | No |
| Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | Waitin' On A Sunny Day | CBS Records | No |
| Ablaye Cissoko ; Volker Goetze | Amanké Dionti | Haïti | Motéma Music | Yes |
| Figli Di Madre Ignota | Tamboo Tamboo | Cafffe' Turco | Sapharydeluxe | No |
| The Dø | Slippery Slope | Leo Leo | Six Degrees | Yes |
| Dissidenten & Jil Jilala | Tanger Sessions | Fata Morgana 'tangier Version' | No | |
| Seu Jorge | The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions | Rock 'n' Roll Suicide | No | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo's Factory | Travelin' Band | Fantasy | No |
| Ani Difranco | ¿Which Side Are You On? | Mariachi | Righteous Babe Records | No |
| Andrew Cronshaw | On the Shoulders of the Great Bear | Halullinen Sielu | No | |
| Kardemimmit | Introducing Kardemimmit | Polska Från Bandal (Polska from Railroad Valley) | World Music Network | Yes |
| Andrew Cronshaw | On the Shoulders of the Great Bear | Song of the Beavers | No | |
| Daler Nazarov | Surudhoi Behma | Ghame Mondu Ishqash Ba Dil Jovidoni | No | |
| Bibi Tanga & the Selenites | 40 Degrees of Sunshine | Laughing Song | Nat Geo / l'Inlassable | Yes |
| Allen Toussaint | Sound of the World Presents: Anywhere On This Road | St James Infirmary | Warner Classics & Jazz | No |
"Worlds of Music" presents the traditional and contemporary sounds that could be found anywhere in the world. On the program one may hear anything from anonymously recorded chants or work songs of an isolated or bygone culture on to trip-hop or club sounds by urban expatriates where cultural boundaries are fuzzy.