And one from The Observer, 19/08/2007, which the reviewer subtly combines with his other occupation:
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Sound of the World
(Warners) £12.99
The annual compilation from radio DJ and writer Charlie Gillett cannily divines 'world' music's mercurial spirit, which seems to find different hotspots each year. Cape Verde is one; the islands have three fine tracks here, two featuring singer and emerging star Mayra Andrade. Belize's Andy Palacio offers another example of a tiny place with its own distinctive style. Many of the 33 tracks here feature displaced artists (Ethiopians in Amsterdam, a West African from Mallorca) and music that is hybrid going on mutant - the avant-garde sounds of Fiona Soe Paing's 'No Man's Land' are a case in point.
Neil Spencer