Jazz

Omar Sosa Mulatos (Ota)

The Vandermark 5 Elements of Style... (Atavistic)

Enrico Pieranunzi FelliniJazz (Cam Jazz)

Rabih Abou-Khalil Morton's Foot (Enja/Justin Time)

Ted Sirota Breeding Resistance (Delmark)

Tomasz Stanko Suspended Night (ECM)

South Africa

Shiyani Ngcobo Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo (World Music Network)

Various Artists Tales of Urban S.A. (Sheer Sound)

Abdullah Ibrahim Trio Cape Town Revisited (rec. 1997) (Enja/Justin Time)

Africa (Other)

Jean-Jacques Avenel Waraba (Songlines)

Youssou N'Dour Egypt (Nonesuch)

Habib Koité & Bamada Foly! Live Around The World (World Village)

Misc.

Isaiah Owens You Without Sin Cast The First Stone (CaseQuarter)

Skalpel Skalpel (Ninja Tune)

Ned Sublette Cuba and its Music (Chicago Review Press)