These are in no particular order, just ten records that moved me this year. Some are about the songs, some about the sounds and some are about being taken to a specific place: like a porch in rural Australia listening to Kankara Nagarra.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
| 1 | Trygve Seim & Frode Halti | Our Time | ECM |
| 2 | Orquesta Akokan | Caracoles | Daptone |
| 3 | Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke | United | Dave Holland |
| 4 | Satoko Fukii Tokyo Trio | Jet Black | Libre |
| 5 | Heems & Lapgan | Lafandar | Veena |
| 6 | Dorothy Ashby | Afro Harping reissue | Verve |
| 7 | Kankawa Nagarra | Wirlmarni |
Mississippi/Flippin Yeah
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| 8 | Cheflee | Fescue June | Cheflee |
| 9 | Rosali | Bite Down | Merge |
| 10 | Divine Hand Ensemble | Aria 51 | Label 51 |
