| Signs of Life | Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble | CD | 10 | | Antilles | 422-848 634-2 | 042284863421 | strumento (come “qarqbas”) |
| The Trance of Seven Colors | Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders | CD | 9 | | Axiom | 314-524 047-2 | 731452404725 | strumento (come “krkaba”) |
| Walking on Locusts | John Cale | HDCD | 12 | | Hannibal | HNCD 1395 | 031257139526 | strumento (come “metal castanets”) |
| Spirit! The Power of Music | Randy Weston African Rhythms Quintet and The Gnawa Master Musicians of Morocco | CD | 7 | | Gitanes Jazz Productions | 543 256-2 | 731454325622 | strumento (come “karkaba”) |
| Ethnosphere | Agricantus | 2×CD | 8 + 8 | | Compagnia Nuove Indye | CNDL 13200 I, CNDL 13200 II | 8026467200144 | strumento (come “qraqeb”) |
| Beautiful: Boonghee Music 2 | Hu Vibrational | CD | 13 | | Soul Jazz Records | SJR CD 88, SJR CD88 | 5026328100883 | strumento (come “qarqaba”) |
| Fights & Numbers | Polly Paulusma | Digital Media | 10 | | One Little Indian Records | | | strumento (come “karkabou”) |
| Lila | Sidh | CD | 9 | | Dunya Records | fy 8123 | 8021750812325 | strumento (come “qraqueb”) |
| Just Do What's Right | Brothers of the Baladi | CD | 15 | | | BLD CD 11 | 619981252324 | strumento (come “qaraqib”) |
| Dream Garden | Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures | CD | 14 | | Justin Time Records | JTR 8537-2 | 068944853724 | strumento (come “naqqara”), strumento (come “qarqaba”) |
| Mraya | Abdel Ali Slimani | CD | 9 | | Real World | USCDRW55 | 884108005422 | strumento (come “kraksh”) |
| The Turbans | The Turbans | CD | 11 | | Six Degrees Records | 657036-128026 | 657036128026 | strumento (come “karakans”) |
| Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Snarky Puppy | 2×CD | 6 + 5 | | GroundUP Music, Live Here Now | LHN070CD | 5060483411408 | strumento |
| History | Bokanté | CD | 9 | | Real World | CDRW244 | 884108011249 | strumento (come “krakeb”) |