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| Artist | Title | Description |
| Don Air | Carpenter's Delight | experimental, idiosyncratic, rave, techno |
| Accordion Tribe | Accordion Tribe | accordion, Austria, Balkan, experimental, Finland, idiosyncratic, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Sweden |
| Agricantus | Steam | Africa, northern; Arabic; Italy; Mediterranean; movie music; trance |
| Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects | El Buya | Africa, northern; Algeria; Arabic; Mediterranean; rave; shabee; techno; trance |
| Al-Andalus | Illumination | Africa, northern; classical Indian; flamenco; guitar, Spanish; guitar, virtuouso; gypsy; Jewish, Sephardic; Mediterranean; Spain; trance; Turkey |
| Vijaya Anand | Dance, Raja, Dance | idiosyncratic, Indian film (pop), rock, movie music |
| Teodoro Anzellotti | Teodoro Anzellotti plays Erik Satie | accordion; classical, Western; idiosyncratic; Italy |
| Aphex Twin (Richard James) | Come to Daddy | experimental, idiosyncratic, minimalist, punk or gloom, rave, techno |
| Apocalyptica | Inquisition Symphony | cello, Finland, idiosyncratic, metal, Scandinavia |
| Badmarsh and Shri | Dancing Drums | England, Indian pop, rave, rock, techno, trance |
| Samm Bennett and Chunk | The Big Off | experimental, lyrics worth listening to, minimalist, rock |
| Bersuit Vergarabat | Libertinaje | Latin, rock |
| Asha Bhosle | Aaj Ki Raat (song) | bubblegum; classical, Western; Indian, film |
| Bratko Bibic | Accordion Tribe | accordion, Austria, Balkan, experimental, Finland, idiosyncratic, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Sweden |
| Big Daddy | Cutting Their Own Groove | country, humor, idiosyncratic, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars, and Sitars | various artists | Indian film (pop), movie music |
| Brave Combo | Polkasonic | accordion, folk, Latin, lyrics worth listening to, polka, rock, Tex-Mex |
| Bulgarian Voices, Huun-Huur-Tu, and Moscow Art Trio | Mountain Tale | Balkan; Bulgaria; classical, Western; Mongolia; Russia; Tuva; gorgeous vocals |
| David Byrne | Look Into the Eyeball | idiosyncratic, Latin, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Cafe Tacuba | Reves YOSOY |
bubble gum, experimental, idiosyncratic, Latin, metal, Mexico, rock, techno |
| Manu Chao | Clandestino | Latin, lyrics worth listening to, Mexico, rock |
| Chunk and Samm Bennett | The Big Off | experimental, lyrics worth listening to, minimalist, rock |
| Senor Coconut | Gran Baile | Chile; flamenco; guitar, Spanish; idiosyncratic; Latin; rock; techno |
| La Cucina | Chucheria
Nabumla |
accordion, England, Italy, rock |
| Daau | we need new animals | accordion, Belgium, idiosyncratic, jazz |
| Toumani Diabate and Taj Mahal | Kulanjan | Africa, sub-Saharan; blues; Mali |
| Dusminguet | Dusminguet | accordion, folk, Latin, Mediterranean, rock, Spain |
| Ekova | heaven's dust
space lullabies |
Africa, northern; Algeria; Celtic; folk; Iran; gorgeous vocals |
| Fatal Mambo | Rumbagitation & Fatal Mambo | accordion, France, gypsy, Latin, lyrics worth listening to, Mediterranean, rock |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | Buena Vista Social Club presents | Cuba, jazz, Latin, gorgeous vocals |
| John Forster | Fusion (song) | humor, lyrics worth listening to |
| John French and Brian Locklin | Runaway Mind Train | experimental, idiosyncratic |
| French TV | the violence of amateurs | experimental, rock |
| Gideon Freudmann | hologram crackers | cello, experimental, idiosyncratic, minimalist, rock, techno |
| Philip Glass, with Foday Musa Suso | Spring Waterfall | Africa, sub-Saharan; classical, Western; Gambia; minimalist; trance |
| David Grisman and others | Dawg Duos | accordion; bluegrass; blues; Celtic; classical, Indian; classical, Western; guitar, virtuoso; jazz; swing |
| Petra Haden and Miss Murgatroid | Bella Neurox | accordion, experimental, idiosyncratic, punk, rock |
| Lars Hollmer | various -- also Accordion Tribe |
accordion, folk, idiosyncratic, rock, Scandinavia, Sweden |
| Huun-Huur-Tu, Bulgarian Voices, and Moscow Art Trio | Mountain Tale | Balkan; Bulgaria; classical, Western; Mongolia; Russia; Tuva; gorgeous vocals |
| Richard James (Aphex Twin) | Come to Daddy | experimental, idiosyncratic, minimalist, punk or gloom, rave, techno |
| Jugala All-Stars and Sabah Habas Mustapha | so la li | blues, country, Indonesia, Java, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Henry Kaiser and David Lindley | A World Out of Time | Africa, sub-Saharan; guitar, virtuoso; Madagascar; rock |
| Maria Kalaniemi | Accordion Tribe | accordion, Austria, Balkan, experimental, Finland, idiosyncratic, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Sweden |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Peace | Pakistan, techno, trance, gorgeous vocals |
| Shoukichi Kina | Peppermint Tea House | guitar, virtuoso; Japan; Okinawa; rock |
| King Chango | King Chango | Latin, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Guy Klucevsek | Accordion Tribe | accordion, Austria, Balkan, experimental, Finland, idiosyncratic, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Sweden |
| Die Knodel | Die Noodle! | Austria, cello, idiosyncratic |
| Kronos Quartet | Caravan | Africa, northern; Arabic; Argentina; Balkan; Brazil; classical, Western; folk; gypsy; Hungary; Indian, film (pop); klezmer; Latin; Mediterranean; Mexico; Portugal; Turkey |
| Kukuruza | Endless Story | bluegrass, folk, rock, Russia |
| Laika and the Cosmonauts | Absurdistan | Finland; guitar, surfer; rock; Scandinavia |
| Huub de Lange | Life and Death in a Street Organ | experimental, folk, iodiosyncratic, the Netherlands |
| Ray Lema and L'Ensemble Pirin Bulgarian Women's Choir | Ray Lema et Professeur Stefanov | Africa, sub-Saharan; Balkan; Bulgaria; gorgeous vocals |
| Otto Lechner | Accordeonata, also Accordion Tribe |
accordion, Austria, experimental, jazz |
| Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Star Army Chorus | Happy Together | Finland, folk, humor, rock, Russia, Scandinavia, gorgeous vocals |
| Lhasa | La Llorona | folk, Latin, lyrics worth listening to, Mexico, rock, gorgeous vocals |
| David Lindley and Henry Kaiser | A World Out of Time | Africa, sub-Saharan; guitar, virtuoso; Madagascar; rock |
| Ismael Lo | Jammu Africa | Africa, sub-Saharan; folk; Senegal |
| Brian Locklin and John French | Runaway Mind Train | experimental, idiosyncratic |
| The Lonesome Organist | Cavalcade | experimental, idiosyncratic |
| The Mammas | The Mammas | accordion, folk, France, Greece, Italy, Latin, Mediterranean, rock, Spain, Turkey, gorgeous vocals |
| Mimi | Soak | experimental, idiosyncratic, lyrics worth listening to, rock, trance, gorgeous vocals |
| Moscow Art Trio, Bulgarian Voices, and Huun-Huur-Tu | Mountain Tale | Balkan; Bulgaria; classical, Western; Mongolia; Russia; Tuva; gorgeous vocals |
| Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden | Bella Neurox | accordion, experimental, idiosyncratic, punk, rock |
| Sabah Habas Mustapha and the Jugala All-Stars | so la li | blues, country, Indonesia, Java, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Najma | Aaj Ki Raat (song) | bubblegum; classical, Western; Indian, film |
| Sainkho Namtchylak | stepmother city | blues; experimental; folk; idiosyncratic; jazz; lyrics worth listening to; punk or gloom; rave; rock; techno; trance; Tuva; vocals, gorgeous |
| Les Negresses Vertes | en Public
Trabendo |
accordion, swing, circus, France, gypsy, Latin, Mediterranean, rock |
| Di Naye Kapelye | Di Naye Kapelye
A Mazeldicker Yid |
accordion, Balkan, swing, klezmer |
| Nimal | dis tanz | accordion, Balkan, idiosyncratic, jazz, Slovenia |
| Nordic Roots | various artists | folk, Scandinavia |
| Kongar-ol Ondar and Paul Pena | Genghis Blues | blues, Cape Verde, Mongolia, rock, Tuva, gorgeous vocals |
| Orchestre National de Barbes | Poulina | Africa, northern; Algeria, Arabic, blues, jazz, rai, reggae, rock, shabee, trance |
| Paul Pena and Kongar-ol Ondar | Genghis Blues | blues, Cape Verde, Mongolia, rock, Tuva, gorgeous vocals |
| Astor Piazolla | Maria de Buenos Aires | accordion; Argentina; classical, Western; tango |
| Pink Martini | Sympathique | classical, Western; Greece; Latin; lyrics worth listening to; rock; swing; |
| Kimmo Pohjonen | Kielo | accordion, experimental, Finland, metal, Scandinavia |
| Portishead | Portishead | rock, gloom |
| Radio Tarifa | Radio Tarifa | accordion; Africa, northern; Arabic; flamenco; guitar, Spanish; guitar, virtuoso; gypsy; Jewish, Sephardic; Mediterranean; Spain |
| Red Elvises | I Wanna See You Bellydance | humor, lyrics worth listening to, rock, Russia |
| Red Star Army Chorus and the Leningrad Cowboys | Happy Together | Finland, folk, humor, rock, Russia, Scandinavia, gorgeous vocals |
| The Residents | American Composer Series: George & James and Stars & Hank Forever | experimental, idiosyncratic, movie music, rock |
| Lhasa de Sela | La Llorona | folk, Latin, lyrics worth listening to, Mexico, rock, gorgeous vocals |
| Giovanni Sollima | Aquilarco | cello; classical, Western; experimental; minimalist |
| Songhai | Songhai | Africa, sub-Saharan; blues; flamenco; Latin; Mali; Spain |
| Foday Musa Suso and Philip Glass | Spring Waterfall | Africa, sub-Saharan; classical, Western; Gambia; minimalist; trance |
| Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate | Kulanjan | Africa, sub-Saharan; blues; Mali |
| Tala Matrix | Tabla Beat Science | classical, Indian; jazz; rave; rock; techno; trance |
| Thorne | Sprawl | lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| Those Darn Accordions | Clownhead | accordion, humor, lyrics worth listening to, rock |
| 3 Leg Torso | 3 Leg Torso | accordion; Balkan; classical, Western; experimental; gypsy; jazz; klezmer |
| tin hat trio | Memory Is an Elephant | accordion, experimental, jazz |
| Transcendental | Steam | Africa, northern; Arabic; Italy; Mediterranean; movie music; trance |
| Trio Voronezh | Trio Voronezh | accordion; Argentina; classical, Western; jazz; ragtime; Russia |
| Uakti | play Philip Glass | Brazil; classical, Western; experimental; minimalist |
| Timo Vaananen | Viileri | classical, Western; Finland; folk; Mexico; Scandinavia |
| Vershki da Koreshki | Roots and Leaves | jazz, Mongolia, the Netherlands, rock, Russia, Tuva |
| Vocal Sampling | una forma mas | Cuba, Latin, rock, gorgeous vocals |
| vox humana | vox humana | accordion, blues, experimental, humor, idiosyncratic, rock |
| Ween | Mollusk and 12 Golden Country Greats | bubble gum, country, idiosyncratic, lyrics worth listening to, rock, techno |
| Yat-Kha | Dalai Beldiri and
Yenisei Punk |
Mongolia, punk, rock, Russia, Tuva, gorgeous vocals |
| Los Zafiros | Bossa Cubana | Cuba, Latin, rock, gorgeous vocals |
| Zero Accidents on the Job | various artists: Luaka Bop's 10th anniversary album | Brazil, Cape Verde, Latin, rock |