| The Dried Rat-Dog | Peter Brötzmann / Hamid Drake | CD | 6 | | Okka Disk | OD12004 | | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | Mike Oldfield | CD | 17 | | wea | 4509 98581-2 | 745099858124 | strumento |
| Welcome to Us | Dennis González Band of Nordic Wizards | CD | 9 | | GOWI Records | CDG 10 | | strumento |
| Xingu | Present Dreams | CD | 8 | | World Disc Music | CDM33 | 734336333029 | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| Yaman / Mishra Maand | Ustad Vilayat Khan | CD | 2 | | EMI , RPG | CDNF 150142 | | strumento |
| Hold On It Hurts | Cornershop | CD | 14 | | Merge Records | MRG074 | 036172937424 | strumento (come “baja”) |
| Fight for Your Mind | Ben Harper | CD | 14 | | Virgin Records America, Inc. | CDVUS 93 | 724384062026 | strumento |
| Fight for Your Mind | Ben Harper | CD | 14 | | Virgin | 40620 | 724384062026 | strumento |
| 艷粉街的故事 | 艾敬 | CD | 9 | | New Century Workshop | NCSR3226-2 | 1810221132263 | strumento |
| Tone Dialing | Ornette Coleman & Prime Time | CD | 16 | | Harmolodic, Verve | 314 527 483-2 | 731452748324 | strumento |
| A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season | Loreena McKennitt | CD | 5 | | Quinlan Road, wea | CD 12290 | 706301229026 | strumento |
| Akasha, Volume 1 | Aka Moon | CD | 7 | | Carbon 7 Records | C7-014 | 5413902000149 | strumento |
| Akasha, Volume 2 | Aka Moon | CD | 7 | | Carbon 7 Records | C7-020 | 5413902000200 | strumento |
| Ascension | Dean Evenson | Enhanced CD | 11 | | Soundings of the Planet | SP-7157-CD | 096507715721 | strumento |
| Back to Qawwali | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party | CD | 4 | | Long Distance | 3060592 | 3596971605926 | strumento |
| Indus Creed | Indus Creed | CD | 11 | | Crescendo | 74321-26209-2 | 743212620924 | strumento |
| Medusa | Annie Lennox | CD | 10 | | Arista , BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. | 74321-25717-2, D 103678 | [nessuno] | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| Monsoon | Klaus Wiese | CD | 5 | | Edition Akasha Mundi | | [nessuno] | strumento |
| Out of the Blue | Acoustic Guitars | CD | 8 | | Stunt Records | STUCD 19507 | 5709001195078 | strumento |
| Raga Bhimpalasi | Amjad Ali Khan | CD | 4 | | India Archive Music | IAM CD 1019 | 731838101927 | strumento |
| The Beard of the Camel | Ялла | CD | 15 | | Imagina Productions, Inc. | 11010-2 | 709501101024 | strumento |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | Mike Oldfield | Enhanced CD | 18 | | wea | 4509-98542 2 | 745099854225 | strumento |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | Mike Oldfield | Enhanced CD | 17 | | Reprise Records | 9 45933-2 | 093624593324 | strumento |
| Raga Patdip & Pahdi Dhun | Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shib Shankar Ray & Debopriya Chatterjee | Digital Media | 4 | | Nimbus Records | | 190374078771 | strumento |
| Mediterraneo | Eduardo Niebla & Adel Salameh | CD | 4 | | Riverboat Records | TUGCD1012 | 605633001228 | strumento |
| Baile de máscaras | Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio | CD | 15 | | BMG | 36872 | 743213687223 | strumento |
| Baile de máscaras | Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio | CD | 15 | | Sony BMG Music Entertainment | 36872 | 743213687223 | strumento |
| Farewell | Karen Mantler | CD | 11 | | XtraWATT | 531 557-2, XtraWATT/8 | 731453155725 | strumento |
| Just When We’re Thinking It’s Over | The Cox Family | CD | 12 | | Asylum Records | 61809-2 | 075596180924 | strumento |
| Baader Meinhof | Baader Meinhof | CD | 10 | | Hut Recordings | CDHUT 36 | 724384214821 | strumento |
| Eternal Egypt | Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy | CD | 6 | | New World Music | NWCD 416 | 767715041628 | strumento |
| Layers of Time | Megadrums | CD | 9 | | intuition | INT 3173 2 | 4011687317325 | strumento |
| Raga Miyan Ki Malhar / Raga Dhansri | Nishat Khan | CD | 3 | | India Archive Music | IAM CD 1024 | 731838102429 | strumento |
| Raga Patdip, Pahadi Dhun | Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shib Sankar Ray | CD | 2 | | Nimbus Records | NI 5469 | 710357546921 | strumento |
| The Borrowers | The Borrowers | CD | 10 | | Guardian Records | 7243 8 37105 2 2 | 724383710522 | strumento |
| New Dawn | Waaberi | CD | 10 | | Real World | CDRW66 | 724384416423 | strumento |
| What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits | The Doobie Brothers | CD | 12 | | Warner Bros. Records | 7599-27280-2 | 075992728027 | strumento |
| Ask the Sun | Hamid Drake - Michael Zerang Duo | CD | 8 | | Okka Disk | OD12008 | 796441200825 | strumento |
| Klezmer Celebration | Giora Feidman | CD | 15 | | Aris , Pläne | 21530872, 88809 | 743215308720 | strumento |
| Shine Again | Epona | CD | 12 | | Impstone Records | IMP468CD | 5017550100000 | strumento |
| The “WELS” Concert (Parts 1–3) | Brötzmann / Ghania / Drake | CD | 3 | | Okka Disk | OD12013 | [nessuno] | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| Υφαντόκοσμος | Κρίστη Στασινοπούλου | CD | 13 | | Θέσις | THCD 0008 | 5203037000820 | strumento |
| Ozomatli | Ozomatli | CD | 12 | | Almo Sounds | AMSD-80020 | 705178002022 | strumento |
| Anoushka | Anoushka Shankar | CD | 5 | | Angel Records | 7243 5 56729 2 6 | 724355672926 | strumento |
| Centripetal | Ekko | CD | 17 | | Interchill Records | ICHILL CD 004 | 620953017629 | strumento |
| Dancing Drums | Badmarsh & Shri | CD | 11 | | Outcaste | CASTE 05CD | 5030688000301 | strumento |
| Get Carter | Roy Budd | CD | 25 | | Cinephile | CINCD 001 | 5034408700120 | strumento |
| Luca's Dream | Nicolas Simion | (unknown) | 10 | | | | | strumento |
| Naked Spirit | Sainkho Namtchylak | CD | 11 | | Amiata Records | ARNR 2298 | 8015297229807 | strumento |
| Oriental Bass | Renaud Garcia‐Fons | CD | 10 | | enja | ENJ-9334 2 | 063757933427 | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| The Music of Islām, Volume Eleven: Music of Yemen, Sana’a, Yemen | Various Artists | CD | 7 | | Celestial Harmonies | 13151-2 | 013711315127 | strumento |
| Trippy Notes for Bass | Doug Wimbish | 12" Vinyl | 15 | | On-U Sound | ON-U LP 0091 | 718751869110 | strumento |
| Trippy Notes for Bass | Doug Wimbish | CD | 15 | | On-U Sound | ON-U CD 0091 | 718751869127 | strumento |
| The East Infection | Ramasutra | CD | 11 | | Tox | TOXCD 3032 | 774554303220 | strumento |
| A Handful of Beauty | Shakti | CD | 6 | | Columbia | 494448 2 | 5099749444829 | strumento |
| Ananda Shankar | Ananda Shankar | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Reprise Records | 9362-47263-1, K 44092 | 093624726319 | strumento |
| Dancing Drums | Badmarsh & Shri | CD | 11 | | Tommy Boy | TBCD 3089 | 016998308929 | strumento |
| Friends Across Boundaries | Sultan Khan, Jonas Hellborg & Fazal Qureshi | CD | 6 | | Ninaad | NCCD 0031 | [nessuno] | strumento |
| Ottomania | Kudsi Erguner | CD | 6 | | ACT | ACT 9006-2 | 614427900623 | strumento |
| Ragas Shuddh Kalyan and Suha | Kishori Amonkar | CD | 3 | | Navras Records | NRCD 0111 | 760452011121 | strumento |
| Sur (Rampart) | Göksel Baktagir | CD | 10 | | | | 8697454902046 | strumento |
| U | L'Ham de Foc | CD | 14 | | Sonifolk | | 8430181201378 | strumento |
| Between Earth and Sky | Rhea’s Obsession | CD | 11 | | Metropolis Records | MET 158 | 782388015820 | strumento |
| Inde du Nord: Sitar | Kushal Das | CD | 6 | | Ocora | C 560154 | 794881609826 | strumento |
| 3 | Ben Harper | 3×CD | 13 + 14 + 12 | | Virgin | 7243 8 48700 2 7, 7243 8 48701 2 6, 7243 8 48702 2 5 | 724384669423 | strumento |
| Outbound | Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | CD | 16 | | Columbia | CK 62178 | 074646217825 | strumento |
| Outbound | Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | CD | 16 | | Columbia | CK 62178 | 074646217825 | strumento |
| Codona | Codona | CD | 5 | | ECM Records | ECM 1132 | | strumento |
| Codona 2 | Codona | CD | 6 | | ECM Records | ECM 1177 | | strumento |
| Good Morning Susie Soho | Esbjörn Svensson Trio | CD | 11 | | ACT | ACT 9009-2 | 614427900920 | strumento (come “tablas”) |
| Shango | Juno Reactor | CD | 9 | | Electric M.E.L.T. | ELM 8033CD | 617936803324 | strumento |
| Back to Qawwali / Nusrat Forever | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | 2×CD | 4 + 4 | | Long Distance | 3065102 | 3596971651022 | strumento |
| Bakida | The Nguyên Lê Trio | CD | 10 | | ACT | 9275-2 | 614427927521 | strumento |
| Baton Rouge 1974 | George Harrison | CD | 15 | | Voxx Records | Voxx-0008-01/02 | | strumento |
| Fused | Michael McGoldrick | CD | 13 | | Vertical Records | VERTCD051 | 5055146000013 | strumento |
| Raga Desh, Mishra Pahadi | Kushal Das & Abhijit Banerjee | CD | 4 | | Peshkar | PCD 9906 | | strumento |
| Spirits | Pharoah Sanders, Adam Rudolph & Hamid Drake | CD | 10 | | Meta Records | MAH / META 004 | 638977100425 | strumento |
| The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. I | Fred Anderson Quartet | CD | 5 | | Atavistic | UMS/ALP204 CD | 735286220421 | strumento |
| Re: Initiation | Rhea’s Obsession | CD | 14 | | Metropolis Records | MET 199 | 782388019927 | strumento |
| Homelands EP | Nitin Sawhney | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | Spiritual Life Music | SLM 381 | | strumento |
| Salt Rain | Susheela Raman | CD | 12 | | Narada World, Virgin | 72438-50955-2-8, VNDCD109 | 724385095528 | strumento |
| Embrace the Chaos | Ozomatli | CD | 11 | | Interscope Records | 0694931162 | 606949311629 | strumento |
| The Music Ensemble | The Music Ensemble | CD | 4 | | Roaratorio | roar 03 | | strumento |
| Breath of the Heart | Krishna Das | CD | 6 | | IndieBlu Music | TRI CD 82062 | 801298206224 | strumento |
| Dark Day | Fred Anderson Quartet | 2×CD | 4 + 3 | | Atavistic | UMS/ALP218CD | 735286221824 | strumento |
| Flute Duet Live | Hariprasad Chaurasia & Rakesh Chaurasia | CD | 3 | | Chhanda Dhara | SNCD 70501 | 4012480705012 | strumento |
| Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute | Various Artists | CD | 13 | | CMH Records | CD-8577 | 027297857728 | strumento |
| Piercing the Veil | William Parker & Hamid Drake | CD | 9 | | AUM Fidelity | AUM017 | 642623301722 | strumento |
| Live at the Quick | Béla Fleck & the Flecktones | CD | 14 | | Columbia | CK 86355 | 696998635524 | strumento |
| Takin My Time | Bonnie Raitt | CD | 10 | | Warner Bros. Records | 7599-27575-2 | | strumento |
| Dust | Peter Murphy | CD | 9 | | Metropolis Records | MET 238 | 782388023825 | strumento |
| Prem | Snatam Kaur | CD | 6 | | Spirit Voyage Records | SV-1054 | 801898000222 | strumento |
| Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove | Tabla Beat Science | 2×CD | 5 + 5 | | Palm Pictures | PALMCD 2084 | 660200208424 | strumento |
| Breath of the Heart | Krishna Das | CD | 6 | | Karuna Music | KARCD82004 | 801298200420 | strumento |
| India: Kingdom Of The Tiger | Michael Brook | CD | 16 | | Primesco | PRIME001 | | strumento |
| Khalifa Kirana Gharana | Ustad Hafizullah Khan | CD | 6 | | Just Dreams | JD 005 | 625989531422 | strumento |
| Live on Earth (For a Limited Time Only) | Krishna Das | 2×CD | 8 + 6 | | IndieBlu Music | MRM-CD-82061 | 801298206125 | strumento |
| Radiant Awakening | Ranga | CD | 8 | | Sammasati Music | SM7006-2 | 714266700627 | strumento |
| Redesign: Realize Remixed | Karsh Kale | CD | 12 | | Six Degrees Records | 657036 1074-2 | 657036107427 | strumento |
| Salon de Musique | Ken Zuckerman & Swapan Chaudhuri | CD | 8 | | Living Music Traditions | LMT CD 3008 | 634479286865 | strumento |