| Artist | Album | Title | Label | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Na Massa | 3 Na Massa | Certeza | Nublu | No |
| Kardemimmit | Introducing Kardemimmit | Ei Niin Hiljaa (Silent Sunset) | World Music Network | Yes |
| Wasis Diop | Toxu | Que Faut-Il Faire | Triloka | No |
| Idir | Another World Is Possible | Trompettes | Uncivilized World | No |
| Mohammed Rafi | Barsaat | Zindagi Mein Hardam Rota Hi Raha | Saregema | No |
| Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh | Barsaat | Chhod Gaye Balam Mujhe | Saregema | No |
| Dub Syndicate | Fear of a Green Planet | Hey Geoff | Shanachie | No |
| Baba Yaga | Baba Yaga | Where Will You Go | Flame Tree | No |
| Sostar | Gypsies of Central and North Hellenic Land | Yek sou kar tsoru | FM Records | No |
| Cinder Conk | Kukeri | Death of the Moon | Self | No |
| Gary Sredzienski | Old World Accordions - in the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse | Obereks in Minor | Bellows Music | No |
| Nickodemus | Sun People Remixed | N'dini ft. Ismael Kouyate (Tal M Klein Remix) | ESL Music | No |
| Natacha Atlas | Diaspora | Dub Yalil | Beggars / MCA | No |
| Soundtrack | Shall We Dance? | Shall We Dance | Casablanca | No |
| Steely Dan | Aja | Home At Last | ABC | No |
| John Fahey | Rain Forests Oceans & Other Themes | Melody McOcean | Varrick | No |
| Tom Teasley | All the World's a Stage | Return of the Green Bird | T2 | Yes |
| São Paulo Underground | Três Cabeças Loucuras | Colibri | Cuneiform Records | No |
| Rachid Taha | Olé, Olé | Comme Un Chien | Barclay / Mango-Island | No |
| Robert Loechler | Far and Near | Zeibekiko Evdokias | Self | No |
| The Spy from Cairo | Arabadub | Egyptian Pulse | Wonderwheel Recordings | No |
| Polvorosa | The Sex, the City, the Music: Barcelona | Behind de Mi House | EMI/Petrol | No |
| Steve Farrington | Burlington CD Project | Flight Of The Fugitive | Self-Released | No |
| Eccodek | Shivaboom | Red, White and Mali | White Swan | No |
| Tinariwen | Amassakoul | Chet Boghassa | World Village | No |
| JuJu / Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara | In Trance | Jombajo | Real World Records | No |
| Transglobal Underground | Yes Boss Food Corner | Step Across the Edge | Ark21-Mondo Rhythmica | No |
| Max Pashm | Never Mind the Balkans Here's Max Pashm | Rembeteli | Elektrikos Organikos Records | No |
| Maza Mezé | Unleavened | M'Ehis Berdhemeni | Independent | No |
| Hapa | In the Name of Love | Nani Wale O Ka'iulani | Coconut Grove | No |
| Daler Nazarov | Jiray vol. 1 | Ghame Mondu Ishqash Ba Dil Jovidoni | Bootleg | No |
| Rupa and the April Fishes | Build | Sur La Route | Electric Gumbo Radio Music | Yes |
| The Ollam | The Olllam | The Folly of Wisdom | Compass | Yes |
| Kat Parra | Las Aventuras de ¡Pasión! | Man On a Wire/Gymnopedie No. 1 [Ballad] | JazzMa Records | Yes |
| Tim Maia | World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever: the Existential Soul of Tim Maia | Let's Have a Ball Tonight | Luaka Bop | No |
| Grażyna Auguścik & Paulinho Garcia | The Beatles Nova | Things We Said Today | MTJ | 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.