Various Artists: Anywhere on This Road compiled by Charlie Gillett

Broadcaster, writer and world music ambassador, the late Charlie Gillett made his annual compilation into an institution. This last roundup offers Gillett's instinctive, global blend of grand groove and insinuating melody. In the first category come eminent names like Mali's Tinariwen and New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop. Song larks like Spain's Buika and Brazil's Céu are among those supplying balladry. The oddballs, for whom Charlie always had time, include meditative South Korean chanters and an eerie Bulgarian architect, while the haunting title track by Canadian songstress L supplies a coda for Gillett's unfaltering enthusiasms: "There is nowhere to stop anywhere on this road."