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Charlie's choons
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NOW Toronto, Charlie's choons >>
For decades now, BBC DJ Charlie Gillett has been a one-man
early warning system for global fusion breakouts. If your new favourite Romanian Roma group has just collaborated with a Brazilian kora player on an album of Khaled covers, chances are Gillett will play it first on his highly influential program The Sound Of The World. As a spin-off, Gillett's annual best-of CD comp presents the most popular
tracks of the past year, and the just-released World 2004 (Wrasse) double disc set suggests it was a good one. Considering there are 34 artists here representing a stoopidly wide spectrum of music, Gillett proves he's got ears for a catchy tune and knows how to sequence 'em for a smooth flow. You might not yet be familiar with Argentina's
Chango Spasiuk , Mali's Idrissa Soumaoro , Hungary's Amorf Ardogok and New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop but they could
well be tomorrow's superstars. Don't bet against it. 08/24/04
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