| New Year's Eve Eve edition | with live Brooklyn Afrobeat Band ZONGO JUNCTION | a set of music about being king or ruler of the world | and general revelry through music |
| Zongo Junction | Jeun Ko Ku (Fela's first recorded song) | live in the KPFA performance studio | engineer: Tony Ferro, with Joel Sachs and Ron Thompson |
| Zongo Junction | 21 Suspects | Live in the performance studio | engineer: Tony Ferro |
| Zongo Junction | medley: (Untitled new song) / Longtooth | live in the performance studio | engineer: Tony Ferro |
| The Lee Boys | Lee Boys Praise Jam | Say Yes! | Arhoolie |
| Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra | I LIke the Sunrise | Francis A and Edward K | Reprise |
| Taj Mahal | Blues with a Feeling (live at the Freight, Feb 2011) | They All Played for Us Arhoolie Records 50th Anniv (box) | Arhoolie |
| And now a set of tunes | having to do with being world ruler | or king of the whole wide world | in the New Year! |
| Dave Bartholomew | The Monkey Speaks His Mind | Crescent City Soul: THe SOund of New Orleans 1947-1974 (box) | EMI |
| John McCutcheon | If I Ran the World | Family Garden | Rounder |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | It's Good to Be King (live, 9-21-06, Gainsville Fla) | The Live Anthology (box) | Reprise |
| Tony Bennett | If I Ruled the World | Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett (box) | Columbia Legacy |
| Elvis Presley | King of the Whole Wide World (from film "Kid Galahad") | Command Peformances: Essential 60s Masterpieces II | RCA |
| Creole Belles | La Fond de Culottes & La Danse de la Misere (live at Freight Feb 2011) | They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th anniv (box) | Arhoolie |
| Bembeya Jazz (from Guinea) | Guantanamera | From Dakar to Cuba: Swinging to the Rumba | Syllart Prod |
| Luiciana Souza | At the Fair | Speaking in Tongues | Sunnyside |
| Tom Jones | Lord Help | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway / Island |
| Ry Cooder | Wooly Bully (live at Freight Feb 2011) | They All Played for Us (box) | Arhoolie |
| Regina Carter | Shoo-Rye | Southern Comfort | Masterworks (Sony) |
