| Artist | Album | Title | Label | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gogol Bordello | East Infection | Ave B | SideOneDummy | No |
| Gary Sredzienski | Old World Accordions - in the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse | Hora Staccato | Bellows Music | No |
| The Spy from Cairo | Arabadub | Thicker Than Hookah Smoke | Wonderwheel Recordings | Yes |
| Erik Marchand et les balkaniks | Pruna | Ar Foll | No | |
| Lua Hadar with Twist | Like a Bridge | San Francisco | Bellalua Records | Yes |
| Lena | Haunt Me | Back to the Crowd | No | |
| Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto | Así Tocan Los Indios | Rogelio | Llorona Records | Yes |
| Los Toros Band | ...Lo Bailan Bien | Medley de Javier Solis | PolyGram Latino | No |
| Los Super Seven | Los Super Seven | Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee) | No | |
| Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | The Rising | Columbia | No |
| Imam Baildi | Imam Baildi Special Edition | Comely (Remix) | No | |
| Uakti | Mapa | Dança dos Meninos | POINT music | No |
| Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Steve Shehan | Alif-Love Supreme | Alif | Narada World | No |
| Sabah Habas Mustapha & The Jugala All Stars | Jalan Kopo | Bandung | Kartini / Omnium | No |
| Chick Corea ; Stefano Bollani | Orvieto | Armando's Rhumba | ECM | No |
| Manu Chao | Clandestino | Desaparecido | Ark21 | No |
| Asian Dub Foundation & Zebda | Another World Is Possible | Police On My Back | Uncivilized World | No |
| Smadj | Selin | Anarouz | MVS | No |
| Sapho | Digital Sheikha | Petit Démon | Barraka El Farnatshi | No |
| Soft Cell | Tainted Love '91 | Tainted Love (Original 7' Version) | Mercury | No |
| Eleftheria Arvanitaki | Konda Sti Doxa Mia Stigmi | Erotiko | Lyra | No |
| Ebo Taylor | Love and Death | Nga Nga | Strut | No |
| Christine Lavin | The Runaway Christmas Tree | Tacobel Canon | Appleseed Records | No |
| The Wood Brothers | Loaded | Postcards from Hell | Blue Note | No |
| Brothers of the Baladi | Heart of the Beast | Country Boy | Self-released | No |
| Los Fulanos | Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga El Boogaloo | Kind of Guy | Lovemonk | Yes |
| Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang | En Yay Sah | Eh Mane Ah | Luaka Bop | Yes |
| Antibalas | Antibalas | The Rat Catcher [Di Ratcatcha] | Daptone | Yes |
| Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ry Cooder | A Meeting by the River | Isa Lei | Water Lily Acoustics | No |
| Värttinä | Utu | Kaihon Kantaja | Rockadillo | Yes |
| Jah Wobble & the Chinese Dub Orchestra | The Rough Guide to the Music of China | L1 Dub | World Music Network | Yes |
"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.