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Artist: Various Artists Released: 04 August 2008 Charlie Gillett is up there with Sir Ranulph Fiennes as one of the great world explorers. A musical cartographer, he's been mapping the sounds of the globe in his radio broadcasts over the last four decades, most recently through his weekly show on the BBC's World Service. This double CD is the ninth in his annual gazetteer of music from the four corners, with tracks by 34 artists from 28 countries. As with previous compilations, the focus is less on depth than breadth, providing a deliciously varied sample of tracks from the past twelve months, charting its risers as well as its fallers – the final track in the collection is fittingly by Lucky Dube, in tribute to the reggae musician murdered in Johannesburg in late 2007. There are a few well-established names in this... [read full story]
