Boston Globe contributor and WNYC reporter Siddhartha Mitter shares his best of the year in world music.

Siddhartha Mitter's favorite albums of 2007

Various artists, What’s Happening in Pernambuco (Luaka Bop)

Erol Josué, Régleman (Mi5)

Andy Palacio, Watina (Cumbancha)

DJ Rekha, Basement Bhangra (Koch)

Tabu Ley Rochereau, The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-77 (Sterns Africa)

Kiran Ahluwalia, Wanderlust (Times Square)

Youssou N’Dour, Rokku Mi Rokka (Nonesuch)