| Eric Bibb | Turning Pages | Booker's Guitar | Telarc |
| Ruth Brown | Good Day For The Blues | Putumayo Presents: American Blues | Putumayo |
| Béla Fleck & Oumou Sangare | Ah Ndiya (Mali) | Throw Down Your Heart: Tale From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions | Rounder |
| Bessie Smith | Jazzbo Brown | Empty Bed Blues | ASV |
| Bombino | Azamane (My Brothers United) | Agadez | Cumbancha |
| Howlin' Wolf | Red Rooster | The Music Never Stopped: Roots Of The Grateful Dead | Shanachie |
| Hamza El Din | A Wish | A Wish | Sounds True |
| Robert Johnson | Little Queen Of Spades [DAL.395-1] | The Centennial Collection | Sony Legacy |
| Toumani Diabate | Jarabi | Kaira | Hannibal |
| Big Joe Turner | The Chicken And The Hawk | Bob Dylan - Radio Radio Vol.3 | Mischief (UK) |
| Boubacar Traoré | Djonkana | Kongo Magni | World Village |
| Mance Lipscomb | Baby Please Don't Go | Texas Songster | Arhoolie |
| Habib Koité & Bamada | Saramaya | Ma Ya | Putumayo |
| Dessoin | Wapi Yo ? | Roots Of OK Jazz | Crammed Disc |
| Buddy Guy | This Is The End | Bob Dylan - Radio Radio Vol.4 | Mischief |
| Mahotella Queens | Xola Mama | Izibani Zomgqashiyo | Shanachie |
| The Mills Brothers | Paper Doll | Sentimental Journey, Hits From The Second World War | Sony |
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Ungayoni Into Enhle (Destroy Not This Beauty) | Journey Of Dreams | Warner Bros |
| Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra | C Jam Blues | I'm Beginning To See The Light, Dance Hits from the Second World War | Sony |
| Kid Malume | Ingwavuma Blues | Soweto Street Music The Definitive Collection | Prism |
| Count Basie & His Orchestra | One O'Clock Jump | I'm Beginning To See The Light, Dance Hits from the Second World War | Sony |
| Jean Bosco Mwenda | Safari Ya Mupenzi | Mwenda wa Bayeke | Rounder |
| Mississippi Sheiks | I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You | The Early Blues Roots Of Bob Dylan | Complete Blues (UK) |
| Shambel Belayneh | Track 05 | Ethiopia | |
| Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers | Viola Lee Blues | The Roots of Ry Cooder | Catfish UK |
| Chiwoniso | Gomo | Rebel Woman | Cumbancha |
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Hot Little Mama | Bob Dylan - Radio Radio Vol.3 | Mischief |
| Zap Mama | Bottom | Adventures In Afropea 1 | Luaka Bop |
| Tracy Nelson | Satisfied | The Best Of Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth | Reprise |
| Ali Farka Touré | Samarya | Radio Mali | World Circuit |
| Sam Cooke | (What A) Wonderful World | The Best of Sam Cooke | RCA |
| Rajery | Misahotaka Ny Akama | Acoustic Africa | Putumayo |
| Little Willie John | All Around The World | Bob Dylan - Radio Radio Vol.3 | Mischief |
| Kékélé | Likambo | Rumba Congo | Sterns Africa |
| Dave Van Ronk | Death Letter Blues | Prestige Folklore Years vol.2 | Prestige Folklore |
| Vieux Farka Touré | Walé | Fondo | Six Degrees |
| Henry Butler | Will It Go Round In Circles | PiaNOLA | Basin Street Records |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) | The Rose & The Briar: Death, Love And Liberty In The American Ballad | Columbia Legacy |
| Bonga | Ku Tando | Angola 72 | Tinder |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Candy Man Blues | The Roots of Ry Cooder | Catfish UK |
| Dumisani Maraire & Ephat Mujuru | Machikichori | Shona Spirit | Music of the World |
| Sweet Honey In The Rock | Sylvie | Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly | Columbia |
